Title: Understanding Jamaica Kincaid's Annie John
First published: 1999
Description: A literary analysis of Annie John examines the novel in light of its historical, social, and cultural contexts and as a coming-of-age novel. Each chapter concludes with study questions and topics for research papers and class discussion based on the documents in the chapter, and lists of further reading for examining the themes and issues raised by the novel. This casebook is valuable to students and teachers to help them understand the setting of the novel, its themes, and its young heroine.
Subjects: Sources, History, Examinations, Teenage girls, Literature and society, Women and literature, Mothers and daughters, Study guides, Annie John, Zeithintergrund, Adolescent girls, Antigua, history
Places: Antigua
People: Jamaica Kincaid
LC classification: PR9275.A583 K563436 1999