Twentieth-Century Caribbean Literature - 9780415261999

Taylor & Francis

Twentieth-Century Caribbean LiteratureCritical Moments in Anglophone Literary History\nAuthor(s): Alison Donnell\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415261999, 978-0415261999\nSynopsis\nThis bold study traces the processes by which a history and canon of Caribbean literature and criticism have been constructed. It offers a supplement to that history by presenting new writers, texts and critical moments that help to reconfigure the Caribbean tradition.\n\nFocusing on Anglophone or Anglocreole writings from across the twentieth century, Alison Donnell asks what it is that we read when we approach Caribbean Literature, how it is that we read it and what critical, ideological and historical pressures may have influenced our choices and approaches. In particular, the book:\n\n* addresses the exclusions that have resulted from the construction of a Caribbean canon \n\n* rethinks the dominant paradigms of Caribbean literar.