Caribbean Literature

ISBN-13: 9780582493544 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 248 str.

James, Louis

Opis

This study traces the literary and cultural history of Caribbean writing from Walter Raleigh to the present. It identifies the individuality of the Caribbean contribution within the broader picture of postcolonial literature and includes a literary map, chronology, and essays on keynote topics.

Spis treści

Map of the Caribbean.  Introduction.  Definitions.  Part 1: Distorting Mirrors: The Slave Era, 
Part 2: Anancy's Web: The Caribbean Archipelago,  Part 3: Towards a Caribbean Aesthetic,  Part 4: Groundation,  Part 5: On the Frontiers of Language.  Postscript.  Caribbean Writing as World Literature.  Chronology.  Bibliographies

O autorze

 Louis James