The Caribbean short story
Subtitle: critical perspectives
By: edited by Lucy Evans, Mark McWatt & Emma Smith
Publisher: Peepal Tree
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Leeds
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
ISBN-13: 9781845231262
Subjects: Short stories, Caribbean (English); History and criticism
Description: "The short story has been integral to the development of Caribbean literature, and continues to offer possibilities for invention and reinvigoration. As the most comprehensive study of its kind, this important and timely volume explores the significance of the short story form to Caribbean cultural production across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The twenty original essays collected here offer a unique set of inquiries and insights into the historical, cultural and stylistic characteristics of Caribbean short story writing. The book draws together diverse critical perspectives from established and emerging scholars, including Shirley Chew, Alison Donnell, James Procter, Raymond Ramcharitar and Elaine Savory. Essays cover the publishing histories of specific islands; intersections of the local, global and diasporic; treatments of race and gender; language, orality and genre; and cultural contexts from tourism to calypso to cricket."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.