Twentieth-Century Caribbean Literature: Critical Moments in Anglophone Literary History

by Alison Donnell

Book Overview

This bold study traces the processes by which a 'history' and canon of Caribbean literature and criticism have been constructed. It offers a supplement to that history by presenting new writers, texts and critical moments that help to reconfigure the Caribbean tradition.

Focusing on Anglophone or Anglocreole writings from across the twentieth century, Alison Donnell asks what it is that we read when we approach 'Caribbean Literature',...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415262003
• ISBN13: 9780415262002
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 9.2"