Caribbean literature in English
By: Louis James.
Series: Longman literature in English series
Publisher: Longman
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
Subjects: Caribbean literature (English) -- History and criticism.; West Indian literature (English) -- History and criticism.; Caribbean Area -- In literature.; West Indies -- In literature.
Description: Tracing the literary and cultural history of Caribbean writing, from Walter Raleigh to the present, this text adopts a holistic approach, examining the heritage of the plantation era and the issues of language and the racial identity it created.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.