An Introduction to West Indian Poetry
Title | An Introduction to West Indian Poetry PDF eBook |
Author | Laurence A. Breiner |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 290 |
Release | 1998-09-10 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9780521587129 |
This introduction to West Indian poetry is written for readers making their first approach to the poetry of the Caribbean written in English. It offers a comprehensive literary history from the 1920s to the 1980s, with particular attention to the relationship of West Indian poetry to European, African and American literature. Close readings of individual poems give detailed analysis of social and cultural issues at work in the writing. Laurence Breiner's exposition speaks powerfully about the defining forces in Caribbean culture from colonialism to resistance and decolonization.
An Introduction to the Study of West Indian Literature
Title | An Introduction to the Study of West Indian Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Kenneth Ramchand |
Publisher | |
Pages | 204 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Caribbean literature (English) |
ISBN |
West Indian Poetry
Title | West Indian Poetry PDF eBook |
Author | Lloyd Wellesley Brown |
Publisher | London : Heinemann ; Exeter, N.H., USA : Heinemann Educational Books |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN |
West Indian Poetry
Title | West Indian Poetry PDF eBook |
Author | Kenneth Ramchand |
Publisher | |
Pages | 152 |
Release | 1972 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN |
The Heinemann Book of Caribbean Poetry
Title | The Heinemann Book of Caribbean Poetry PDF eBook |
Author | Ian McDonald |
Publisher | Heinemann |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780435988173 |
This collection is an invaluable academic selection and will provide a fine introduction for the general reader interested in the lyricism of Caribbean poetry.
West Indian Poetry, 1900-1970
Title | West Indian Poetry, 1900-1970 PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Baugh |
Publisher | |
Pages | 24 |
Release | 1971 |
Genre | Caribbean Area |
ISBN |
The Penguin Book of Caribbean Verse in English
Title | The Penguin Book of Caribbean Verse in English PDF eBook |
Author | Paula Burnett |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Pages | 496 |
Release | 2005-11-03 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 0141937394 |
Over the last few decades Caribbean writers - performance poets, newspaper poets, singer-songwriters - have created a genuinely popular art form, a poetry heard by audiences all over the world. At the same time, even at its most literary, Caribbean poetry shares the vigour of the oral tradition. Writers like Nobel Prize winner Derek Walcott, and many other exciting new voices, are exploring ways of capturing the vitality of the spoken word on the page. Both of these traditions are represented in this lively anthology, which traces Caribbean verse from its roots to the present.