Authors: Laurence A. Breiner
ISBN-13: 9780521583312, ISBN-10: 0521583314
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: September 1998
Edition: (Non-applicable)
This introduction to West Indian poetry is written for readers making their first approach to the poetry of the Caribbean written in English. It offers a comprehensive literary history from the 1920s to the 1980s, with particular attention to the relationship of West Indian poetry to European, African and American literature. Close readings of individual poems give detailed analysis of social and cultural issues at work in the writing. Laurence Breiner's exposition speaks powerfully about the defining forces in Caribbean culture from colonialism to resistance and decolonization.
Preface | ||
Chronology for Anglophone Caribbean poetry | ||
Map of the Caribbean | ||
1 | West Indian poetry and its audience | 1 |
2 | The Caribbean neighborhood | 25 |
3 | Overview of West Indian literary histories | 59 |
4 | The relation to "Europe" | 104 |
5 | The relation to "Africa" | 141 |
6 | The relation to "America" | 195 |
Notes | 232 | |
Guide to further reading | 253 | |
Index | 256 |