Title A history of literature in the Caribbean, Vol. 2 : English- and Dutch-speaking regions

Published Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, Aug. 2001

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Description 1 online resource (x, 672 pages) Series Comparative history of literatures in European languages ;; v. 10. Contents A HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN THE CARIBBEAN;; Editorial page;; Title page;; LCC data;; Table of contents;; Acknowledgments;; Charting the Caribbean as a Literary Region;; Introduction;; Language Use in West Indian Literature;; The Institution of Literature;; The Literatures of Trinidad and Jamaica;; Guyanese Identities;; The Novel before 1950;; The Novel from 1950 to 1970;; The Novel since 1970;; Short Fiction;; A History of Poetry;; Theatralizing the Anglophone Caribbean, 1492 to the 1980s;; The Essay;; Introduction;; Notes on Early Printing in the Dutch Caribbean Islands Summary For the first time the Dutch-speaking regions of the Caribbean and Suriname are brought into fruitful dialogue with another major American literature, that of the anglophone Caribbean. The results are as stimulating as they are unexpected. The editors have coordinated the work of a distinguished international team of specialists. Read separately or as a set of three volumes, the History of Literature in the Caribbean is designed to serve as the primary reference book in this area. The reader can follow the comparative evolution of a literary genre or plot the development of a set of historical Subject Caribbean literature -- History and criticism Caribbean literature Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book Author Arnold, A. James (Albert James), 1939- Rodríguez-Luis, Julio Dash, J. Michael ISBN 9789027298331 9027298335 9781588110411 1588110419

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