Marronage the process of flight by slaves from servitude to establish their own hegemonies in inhospitable or wild territories- had its beginnings in the early 1500s in Hispaniola, the first European settlement in the New World. As fictional personae the maroons continue to weave in and out of oral and literary tales as central and ancient characters of Jamaica's heritage. Attributes of the maroon character surface in other character types that crowd Jamaica's literary history resentful strangers, travelers, and fugitives; desperate misfits and strays; recluses, rejects, wild men, outcasts;...

Incorporates some material from the author's theis (doctoral--University of the West Indies (Mona), 1972) presented under the title: The conceptualization of death in Old and Middle English poetry.

Against the wide sweep of Jamaica's past, Arch of Fire sets a cast of starkly distinctive and apparently disparate characters who turn out to have families that have been entangled for centuries. Haunting histories emerge in sharp relief on the fiery background of Jamaica's evolving society. In its celebration of individual displays of passion and heroism triggered by national events, Arch of Fire is a gripping family saga.

"Beyond Borders" is a multidisciplinary collection of essays with a focus on contemporary issues in Caribbean cultural studies. Culture and cultural identification are without a doubt highly charged political Goliaths with local and global ramifications. This is one of the reasons for the virtual boom the discipline has enjoyed, and the Caribbean is no exception. As a result, there is a growing demand for information in the field for both research and teaching purposes. The essays in this collection provide such a resource. They explore cross-cultural themes and issues across a range of...

In the introduction to Methods in Caribbean Research, the editors ask, "What sets the Caribbean apart and justifies an application of scholarly method to its own needs? What defines the world of Caribbean letters? Why not merely apply established approaches to scholarship that work satisfactorily in Western metropoles?"

The chapters in this collection address these pressing questions and make a unique contribution to the available guides for Caribbean scholars and students of Caribbean studies both inside and outside the region.

The authors consider the distinctive...

""Caribbean Literary Discourse" "is a study of the multicultural, multilingual, and Creolized languages that characterize Caribbean discourse, especially as reflected in the language choices that preoccupy creative writers."
Caribbean Literary Discourse" opens the challenging world of language choices and literary experiments characteristic of the multicultural and multilingual Caribbean. In these societies, the language of the master English in Jamaica and Barbados overlies the Creole languages of the majority. As literary critics and as creative writers, Barbara Lalla, Jean D Costa, and...

Uncle Brother unfolds a tale of unflinching devotion against a tapestry of neglect and exploitation. Under the curious eyes of a succession of children glimmer fragments of stories that interlock to produce the saga of Nathan Deoraj - brother, uncle and teacher. The young boy on an early twentieth century cocoa estate in Trinidad begins his own story, and soon the opportunity for education and Nathan's own passion for books opens the way to a brilliant future. Then a crippling loss reshapes his path. But the very limitations that close on him provoke him to unleash his mind into the...