New World modernisms
Subtitle: T.S. Eliot, Derek Walcott, and Kamau Brathwaite
By: Charles W. Pollard.
Series: New World studies
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Charlottesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
Subjects: Walcott, Derek -- Criticism and interpretation.; Brathwaite, Kamau, 1930- -- Criticism and interpretation.; Eliot, T. S. 1888-1965 -- Influence.; Caribbean literature (English) -- American influences.; Modernism (Literature) -- English-speaking countries.; Modernism (Literature) -- Caribbean Area.; Postcolonialism -- Caribbean Area.; Postcolonialism in literature.; Caribbean Area -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.; Caribbean Area -- In literature.
Description: "New World Modernisms makes a contribution that is both substantial and significant to scholarship in two spheres: Anglophone Caribbean literature in the larger context of postcolonial theory, and modernism. A stimulating and provocative book."--Laurence Breiner, Professor of English, Boston University, author of An Introduction to West Indian Poetry."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-226) and index.