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  Jouvert 5.1: Samuel Durrant, "Hosting History -- Wilson Harris's Sacramental Narratives"
Harris thus presents his fiction not as escapist fantasy but as a mode of confronting the sorry state of the world that nevertheless affirms the potential for recreation (in both senses of the word).
Harris’ hosting of history is not so much a dialectical resolution of the subject-object split as a refusal of the validity of the distinction between the two.
Harris’ novels might thus be described as a kind of cheerful or "gay" (to use the Nietzschean term) mourning, a mourning performed in the interests of life.
social.chass.ncsu.edu /jouvert/v5i1/samdur.htm   (8281 words)

  
  Wilson Harris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wilson Harris was born in New Amsterdam in the then British Guiana.
Wilson Harris’ writing style is quite idiosyncratic, and he is known for his broad vision and the abstract complexity of his heavily metaphorical style.
Wilson Harris also writes non-fiction and critical essays and has been awarded honorary doctorates by several universities, including the University of the West Indies (1984) and the University of Liège (2001).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wilson_Harris   (427 words)

  
 Wilson Harris Collection
Harris, his mother, and his half-sister then moved in with his beloved grandfather, who died in 1937.
Harris is also known for his Carnival trilogy, consisting of Carnival (1985), The Infinite Rehearsal (1987), and The Four Banks of the River of Space (1990).
Harris included a photocopy of his article "Literacy and the Imagination" with Carnival materials since he felt it illumined a strand regarding inner guide-lines, or intuitive clues.
www.hrc.utexas.edu /research/fa/harris.wilson.html   (875 words)

  
 The Lancaster News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Harris, born in Indian Land, was the fifth child of the late Jim Wilson.
Harris, 90, one of 10 children of the late Jim Wilson, is among the Indian Land residents who still remembers what it was like to pick cotton from the red clay fields of Lancaster County's Panhandle.
Harris' birthday was Jan. 23, but her family celebrated it with her on Jan. 21, with a drop-in at the Boy Scout Hut near Belair United Methodist Church on Shelley Mullis Road.
www.thelancasternews.com /articles/2006/01/29/features/feature01_harris.txt   (1105 words)

  
 the ledge - Wilson Harris
Wilson Harris was born on March 24, 1921, in New Amsterdam, British Guiana — now known simply as Guyana.
Harris attended Queen's College in Georgetown, British Guiana, and later served as a government surveyor before moving on to his more permanent professions of lecturer and writer, during which he has produced a voluminous amount of work.
Ultimately Harris seeks to provide a new Caribbean vision in which existing borders separating fl and white, colonizer and colonized, even past and present, give way to a new community based on the wealth of heterogeneity.
www.the-ledge.com /HTML/person.php?ID=620&lan=nl   (238 words)

  
 Walter Roth, Wilson Harris, and a Caribbean/Postcolonial Theory of Modernism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
For Harris, though, it is the detached attitude to his materials that characterizes Roth as a man driven by immense curiosity and genuine fascination with the 'primitive' and 'pagan' or 'savage' world.
The dialogue with the past in Voss, as Harris sees it, is dramatized by the death-wish of the fictional explorer, Voss, in counterpoint to the birth-wish of his psychic bride, Laura – so that the catastrophe of the expedition is balanced by the regenerative symbolism of their psychic child.
Harris at this time also reiterated his high regard for another Australian novelist, Randolph Stow, and particularly for his novel To the Islands, which he described as charting a 'shamanistic voyage' from the past into the future.
www.utpjournals.com /product/utq/672/672_mcdougall.html   (8396 words)

  
 The Wilson Harris Bibliography: Primary Sources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
This bibliography of Wilson Harris's early writing was compiled by Reinhard W. Sander and was published in Hena Maes-Jelinek, ed., Commonwealth Literature and the Modern World (Brussels: Didier, 1975), pp.
'Wilson Harris: in conversation with Fred D'Aguiar', Wasafiri, 5 (Autumn 1986), pp.
Pozzi, Monica, 'A Conversation with Wilson Harris', in Journal of Caribbean Literatures, vol.2, n° 1, 2 1 3 (Spring 2000), pp.
www.ulg.ac.be /facphl/uer/d-german/L3/whprim.html   (4268 words)

  
 Harris & Wilson - Reiss' Pieces
Michigan linebacker David Harris and Maryland cornerback Josh Wilson are part of the list, as both are scheduled to meet with team officials at Gillette in the weeks leading up to the draft.
Harris is considered one of the few true "mike" linebackers for teams that play the 3-4 defense.
Wilson is considered one of the fastest players available at cornerback, the type of talent who could ignite a special teams unit.
www.boston.com /sports/football/patriots/reiss_pieces/2007/03/harris_wilson_1.html   (327 words)

  
 DREAM, PSYCHE, GENESIS : The Works of Wilson Harris   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
The title of this homepage sums up three major aspects of Wilson Harris’s writing: his philosophy of existence, his conception of man, and the central importance he ascribes in both art and society to the regenerating role of the imagination.
Poet, novelist and essayist, of mixed Amerindian, European and African descent, now a British citizen, Wilson Harris is the author of twenty-two novels and two volumes of short stories, which he sees as so many instalments of a never-ending quest or ‘unfinished genesis of the imagination’.
In his essays Harris has often drawn attention to the limitations of Cartesian logic and its anthropocentric interpretation of the world, contrasting it with a phenomenal legacy and a tradition perceptible still in pre-Columbian art and which implies, as he says, 'a treaty of sensibility between human presence on this planet and the animal kingdom'.
www.ulg.ac.be /facphl/uer/d-german/L3/whlife.html   (2904 words)

  
 Results - enCompass Culture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Harris imagines a dialogue between the conquistador and Atahualpa, ruler of the Incas, being held to ransom until a room is filled with golden artefacts.
Widely regarded as one of the giants of contemporary Caribbean literature, Wilson Harris's novel, The Mask of the Beggar, is an utterly original - and at times quite breathtaking - inquiry into the roots of consciousness and the cross-cultural realities and mythologies that have come to dominate the making of, and the nature of, art.
Wilson Harris, best known for his novels including "The Palace of the Peacock", and "Jonestown", has been writing fiction and non-fiction since the 1960s.
www.encompassculture.com /results/?qs=Wilson%20Harris   (457 words)

  
 OSCN Found Document:WILSON-HARRIS v. SOUTHWEST TEL. CO.
She did not object to the appointment of M. Harris as administrator, but prayed that only such funds "as may be necessary to pay the debts, if any, and the costs of administration", be left in his hands.
Thereafter, M. Harris, a brother of deceased, without notice to the surviving widow, but by pleading representing her nonexistence, wrongfully made application and was appointed administrator of deceased's estate.
Harris was removed as administrator and the widow, as successor, instituted the present action, alleged that deceased died without issue, leaving surviving as his only dependent, his widow, Leanna Wilson-Harris.
www.oscn.net /applications/oscn/deliverdocument.asp?citeid=7357   (3860 words)

  
 Charles Wilson Harris, 1771-1804 and Henry McGilbert Wagstaff, Edited by. The Harris Letters
The other Charles Wilson Harris letters, those written during his connection with the University of North Carolina (1795-1796), were found in a bound volume of manuscripts in the early faculty records of the University.
Harris dreamed her husband was wounded and on the faith of the dream traveled with a slave, Jack, as her only attendant from her home on Rocky River to the scene of the battle, seventy-five miles away, found her wounded spouse with his caretaker, nursed him to convalescence and brought him safely home.
Charles Wilson Harris was born in 1771, and Robert Wilson Harris in 1779.
docsouth.unc.edu /true/harris/harris.html   (16563 words)

  
 Missoulian - Griz Wilson, Harris named players of week
Wilson was named defensive player of the week while Harris took the special teams honor.
Harris, a senior from Colstrip, tied a Big Sky Conference record and set a Montana mark with his 94-yard punt return for the Grizzlies’ second touchdown Saturday.
Harris ranks fourth in the nation and leads the Big Sky with a punt return average of 20.9 yards.
www.missoulian.com /articles/2006/10/12/sports/griz/griz65.txt   (305 words)

  
 Jouvert 6.3: Andrew Armstrong, "Bloody History!"
Harris, however, eschews a simple cause and effect version of history, opting instead to show the complexities and ambiguities at the core of histories and historiographies.
Harris thus reads Jonestown as a repeated slaughter superimposed on other narratives of histories and legends and engages it in a playful intertextuality with these narratives by showing the scaffolding behind the construction of his novel.
For Harris, the author is a mediator, in the religious sense of the word; however, not in the 'narrow' Christian sense, but in a wider, more eclectic manner that embraces the many religio-cultural influences in the Americas.
social.chass.ncsu.edu /jouvert/v613/armstr.htm   (6053 words)

  
 Review: The Dark Jester by Wilson Harris | By genre | Guardian Unlimited Books
Harris is fascinated by both, an inspiration he shares with other Guyanese, such as the writer Pauline Melville and the late painter Aubrey Williams.
Harris is acutely aware of how the past lingers and can imprison the present, and of how this region's past in particular has been one of repeated conquest and catastrophe.
Harris habitually links the myths and stories of diverse ages, with Caribbean culture emerging, as he says, from a "complex womb".
books.guardian.co.uk /reviews/generalfiction/0,6121,461814,00.html   (1101 words)

  
 Wilson Harris Biography and Summary
Wilson Harris is a modern version of the Renaissance humanist: his concern as an artist bears on all aspects of life, and, in his style of expression, he transcends all notions of genre.
Wilson Harris (Born March 4, 1921) is a Guyanese writer.
Wilson Harris was born in New Amsterdam in the then British Guiana.
www.bookrags.com /Wilson_Harris   (211 words)

  
 The Palace of the Peacock: Wilson Harris and the Curriculum in Troubled Times--by Cameron McCarthy
It is the manipulation of imagery, of metaphor, and symbol that constitutes the central activity in The Palace of the Peacock.
In the novel, Harris attempts to place twentieth century humanity in conversation with those who have been designated as the people of "savage cultures." But it is these same savage cultures of the interior of Guyana that support the weight of civilized existence in the coastal suburbs.
Harris is doing his best to suggest that they are in fact one subject of history, one community.
www.quasar.ualberta.ca /cpin/cpinfolder/papers/mccarthy.htm   (4923 words)

  
 Wilson Harris « The Books of My Numberless Dreams
Considering my interest in mytho-spiritual writers with deeply felt philosophies it is no surprise that I’ve been intrigued by the Guyanese writer Wilson Harris ever since I read his Guardian profile.
This proved true with Harris as well: they had a whole issue from 1995 dedicated to him, including excerpts from as yet unpublished work and an interview at the end.
HARRIS: I prefer the term “universal unconscious” to “collective unconscious” because “collective unconscious” is primarily concerned with the human psyche.
imani.wordpress.com /2007/04/04/wilson-harris   (1413 words)

  
 Drummerworld: Beaver Harris
Harris’ resume was actually remarkably well rounded; not only did he work with icons like Monk and Rollins, but he played with old-schoolers like vocalist Maxine Sullivan, trumpeter Doc Cheatham and clarinetist Herb Hall, all of whom make vital contributions to the album.
Harris not only enlisted a unique cross-section of musicians from the jazz community (Ron Carter, Jimmy Garrison and Cecil McBee are the bassists), but Caribbean and Indian musicians, as well.
However, Harris’ obvious affection for the elders on the date and the styles they propagated stops well short of mushy nostalgia; and, he is not hesitant to nudge them, artistically.
www.drummerworld.com /drummers/Beaver_Harris.html   (943 words)

  
 Marilyn Harris
In that capacity, as head of the Washington office, she is responsible for the company interaction with Congress, the Administration, international organizations, trade associations, and the diplomatic corps.
Harris had nearly ten years of senior policy experience in the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
Harris received her Ph.D. in Human Development from the University of Maryland, and her Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts degrees from the University of Missouri.
www.wilsoncenter.org /index.cfm?fuseaction=about.profile&person_id=147458   (460 words)

  
 CONTEXT: Issue No. 13
This might appear somewhat vague and cryptic to some readers; on the contrary, coming from Harris, this is blunt speech spoken in a combative tone: it is a direct criticism of dominant western—particularly American—culture whose universal proliferation is observed to be a form of global pollution.
The artist remains nameless, but in these opening observations in the note his unspoken name could well be Wilson Harris: the “quantum cross-cultural art” he’s talking about is his own work and describes his authorial intention and method of writing not only in his present novel but indeed in all of his work.
To tell the story of these people, suggests Harris, “well-nigh forgotten, ancient pre-Columbian imageries are explored”—a declaration of his method in all of his work and an important key to understanding any of it.
www.centerforbookculture.org /context/no14/Ghose.html   (1803 words)

  
 Lafayette News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Ryan Wilson, who was 22 years old, was running from undercover detectives with the Boulder County Drug Task Force in a field north of 2000 W. South Boulder Road after the detectives confronted him about marijuana plants they suspected him of growing in the area.
He observed that Wilson had a knife clipped to his pants pocket and the account implies he first made the observation before he exited the truck to pursue Wilson on foot.
Running after Wilson, Harris “saw Wilson reach down to his right pocket and make movements with his right hand as if to pull out the knife,” the account says.
www.coloradohometownnews.com /Lafayette-News/top-story.asp?ID=605   (598 words)

  
 Queen Harris - Angel Foundation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
WILSON, N.C. (AP) _ Queen Harris boarded the plane this morning with one final wish - to see her two sons who left Wilson more than 30 years ago.
Harris, a Wilson native, raised her sons in Wilson but last saw them when she was in her 30's.
Harris left Heritage Retirement Center on Martin Luther King Parkway this morning and was transported by the Johnston Ambulance Service to Wilson Industrial Air Center.
www.3hc.org /articles/queenharris.html   (534 words)

  
 MontanaGrizzlies.com :: Wilson, Harris honored by Big Sky Conference
Wilson, a 5-11, 184-pound junior from San Diego, Calif., intercepted three passes and tallied six tackles in No. 4 Montana’s 33-17 victory at Eastern Washington.
Harris, a 6-0, 197-pound senior from Colstrip, Mont., tied a Big Sky Conference record and set a Montana record with a 94-yard punt return for a touchdown.
Harris ranks fourth in the nation and leads the Big Sky with a punt return average of 20.9 yards.
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 Wilson Joins Harris Corporation as Vice President of Studio Products and Systems
In his new position, Wilson will be responsible for the overseeing of the day-to-day operations for DTV products, the Harris Broadcast Center, and the Harris Broadcast Systems unit for consoles and facility installations for radio and television.
Wilson is a graduate of the College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York with a Bachelor of Science degree in business management.
Harris Corporation, which also provides microwave, network support, tactical radio, and government communications systems and products, has sales and service facilities in more than 90 countries.
www.broadcast.harris.com /news/view_pressrelease.asp?act=lookup&pr_id=959   (284 words)

  
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The last of the somewhat unified cycles of fiction by Wilson Harris is represented by his Carnival Trilogy, comprised of the novels Carnival (1985), The Infinite Rehearsal (1987), and The Four Banks of the River of Space (1990).
As any writer from a colonized country writing in the postcolonial era, Wilson Harris has had to address the effects of colonization on the society which provided the source for his creative project.
Harris has been interested in showing that the process of colonization affects both sides of the colonial divide, a point made very clearly by his Barbadian colleague Edward Brathwaite with regard to the working of language (Brathwaite 1971).
www.english.emory.edu /Bahri/Harris.html   (1621 words)

  
 Journal of Caribbean Literatures
I don't intend to comment much on them, leaving the reader to make his own discoveries, though I wish to point out that "reading Wilson Harris", and therefore to some extent criticism on his work, is an important topic discussed by several contributors.
Writers who, like Harris, are in advance of their time naturally run the risk of not being understood, and it may be unfair to quote Walcott from journalistic comments which he might now wish to retract.
Nevertheless, as Stuart Murray argues, the difficulties of teaching Harris and of making his work accessible to young audiences must not be underrated in the context of more conventional approaches to literature.
www.jcls.net /excerptsv2n1.html   (1496 words)

  
 Journal of Caribbean Literatures
It is appropriate that the JCLs' inaugural issue of the millennium is a special issue on Wilson Harris, a writer of such prominence that his bibliography expands almost daily.
I consider Harris to be the most important Caribbean writer today, and one of the most influential in the total history of the literature.  His dedication to the craft is tireless; his imagination and creative spirit are limitless; and his understanding of humanity and its various nuances are without equal.
As those who attended the conference know, Harris became the dominant influence on that conference, so much so that two books based on or inspired by his talks and interviews were published in 1996.
www.jcls.net /letterv2n1.html   (335 words)

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