Square Thought and Plastic Memory in the Novels of Earl Lovelace

Square Thought and Plastic Memory in the Novels of Earl Lovelace takes a look at Trinidadian society through some of the characters and institutions in five of Lovelace's published novels. The analysis uses Square Thought and Plastic Memory - a theory extrapolated from the works of Science Fiction author, Frank Herbert. The societal theories expressed in the Dune novels, especially God Emperor of Dune, sets the groundwork for examining how Trinidad's multi-cultural society has been and continues to be affected by ancestral memory and repeated societal patterns.

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Thalia T.M. Arneaud completed a Master of Philosophy in English at the University of the West Indies in 2009. "Square Thought and Plastic Memory in the Novels of Earl Lovelace" was inspired by a desire to bring together the two literary genres of Science Fiction and West Indian Literature via the works of Frank Herbert and Earl Lovelace.