A World Among These Islands: Essays on Literature, Race, and National Identity in Antillean America

by Roberto Márquez

Caribbean literature and culture have all too often been viewed in fragmented terms, without attention to the broader commonalities of the region. In this collection of essays written over many years, Roberto M rquez offers a more encompassing vision, one that respects the individual traditions of particular locales, languages, and cultures but also sees the larger themes that bind the area's literary heritage and history. M rquez begins by making...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558498516
• ISBN13: 9781558498518
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher