Charts the history of a Spiritual Baptist community from the passing of the Prohibition Ordinance in 1917 until the lifting of the ban in 1951.

Excerpt from The Wine of Astonishment From the shadows of the front room he flung his announcement at them, distrusting the clear light of scrutiny. His excitement possessed him too visibly. It rang out under the deceptive casualness of his young voice. He was on fire to be off to his adventure. He felt himself a man, an explorer, a free lance. It was maddening to have to thrust his head into the family living room and tell his parents that he was going over to Henry's for all night. And parents are not too easily satisfied. His father merely glanced up from the inevitable book, but his mother put down her magazine and told him to come in. He came with reluctance, a tall, high-shouldered boy of eighteen with gray eyes that looked dark under their black lashes and dark hair at war with the flat rigors of its youthful mode. Every step he took into the room made him less the man and adventurer until only a boy stood before his mother, impatiently apprehensive of adult curiosity and restriction. His mother merely told him not to be late for church in the morning. If he must stay with friends all night she wanted him home next day in season. What were they going to do? Nothing in particular? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This volume in the Options for Teaching series recognizes that the most challenging aspect of introducing students to anglophone Caribbean literature--the sheer variety of intellectual and artistic traditions in Western and non-Western cultures that relate to it--also offers the greatest opportunities to teachers. Courses on anglophone literature in the Caribbean can consider the region's specific histories and contexts even as they explore common issues: the legacies of slavery, colonialism, and colonial education; nationalism; exile and migration; identity and hybridity; class and racial conflict; gender and sexuality; religion and ritual. While considering how the availability of materials shapes syllabi, this volume recommends print, digital, and visual resources for teaching. The essays examine a host of topics, including the following: the development of multiethnic populations in the Caribbean and the role of various creole languages in the literature oral art forms, such as dub poetry and reggae music the influence of anglophone literature in the Caribbean on literary movements outside it, such as the Harlem Renaissance and black British writing Carnival religious rituals and beliefs specific genres such as slave narratives and autobiography film and drama the economics of rum Many essays list resources for further reading, and the volume concludes with a section of additional teaching resources.

"The Wine of Astonishment pictures the life of war in a winter stalemate on the borders of the Rhineland, withstanding suddenly the frenzied German effort of the Battle of the Bulge, then rolling on into Germany, to come at last to Munich and story's final crisis." --Book jacket.