A history of literature in the Caribbean
This history for the first time charts the literature of the entire Caribbean, the islands as well as continental littoral, as one cultural region. It breaks new ground in establishing a common grid for reading literatures that have been kept separate by their linguistic frontiers. Readers will have access to the best current scholarship on the evolution of popular and literate cultures in the various regions since their earliest emergence. The History of Literature in the Caribbean brings together the most distinguished team of literary Caribbeanists ever assembled, cutting across ideological commitments and critical methods. Differences in point of view between individual contributors are left intact here as the sign of the colonial inheritance of the region. Introductions and conclusions to the various sections of the History written by the respective subeditors, set them in proper perspective. The unique synoptic aspect of the History lies in its comprehensiveness and its range, which are unequaled. -- Amazon.com
Criticism, interpretation, etc
3 volumes ; 25 cm
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1. Acknowledgments; 2. Charting the Caribbean as a Literary Region (by Arnold, A. James); 3. Part I: The Anglophone Caribbean (by Kutzinski, Vera M.); 4. Introduction (by Kutzinski, Vera M.); 5. Literary Development: A Contrastive History; 6. Emergence of Language and Literature; 7. Language Use in West Indian Literature (by Warner-Lewis, Maureen); 8. Popular and Literate Cultures; 9. The Institution of Literature (by Tiffin, Helen); 10. Islands and Territories; 11. The Literatures of Trinidad and Jamaica (by Welsh, Sarah Lawson); 12. Guyanese Identities (by Arnold, Josephine V.); 13. Genre: A Contrastive History; 14. Fiction; 15. The Novel before 1950 (by Downing Thompson, Jr., Joseph); 16. The Novel from 1950 to 1970 (by Maes-Jelinek, Hena); 17. The Novel since 1970 (by Maes-Jelinek, Hena); 18. Short Fiction (by Ramraj, Victor J.); 19. Poetry; 20. A History of Poetry (by Baugh, Edward); 21. Drama; 22. Theatralizing the Anglophone Caribbean, 1492 to the 1980s (by Canfield, Rob); 23. Essay; 24. The Essay (by Yow, Laura G.); 25. Part II: The Netherlands Antilles, Aruba, and Suriname (by Phaf-Rheinberger, Ineke); 26. Prospecting the Field: A Contrastive History of Literary Development; 27. Introduction (by Phaf-Rheinberger, Ineke); 28. Emergence of Language and Literature; 29. Notes on Early Printing in the Dutch Caribbean Islands (by Coomans-Eustatia, Maritza); 30. Ideological Controversies in Curacaoan Publishing Strategies (1900-1945) (by Broek, Aart G.); 31. The Literary Infrastructure of Suriname: Problems and Changes (by Kempen, Michiel van); 32. Language and Popular Culture; 33. The Creole Languages of the Caribbean (by Muysken, Pieter); 34. The Value of Guene for Folklore and Literary Culture (by Arion, Frank Martinus); 35. Song Texts as Literature of Daily Life in the Netherlands Antilles (by Allen, Rose Marie); 36. Islands and Territories; 37. Katibu ta galina: From Hidden to Open Protest in Curacao (by Clemencia, Joceline A.); 38. From Oral to Written Literature: St. Maarten, Saba, and St. Eustatius (by Albus, Alida M.G.); 39. Di nos e ta!: Outside and Inside in Aruban Literature (by Rutgers, Wim); 40. Conclusions (by Phaf-Rheinberger, Ineke); 41. A Mosaic Setting: A Contrastive History of Genre; 42. Introduction (by Phaf-Rheinberger, Ineke); 43. Overview; 44. West Indian Slavery and Dutch Enlightenment Literature (by Paasman, A.N.); 45. The Portuguese Jewish Nation: An Enlightenment Essay on the Colony of Suriname (by Phaf-Rheinberger, Ineke); 46. Curacaoan Literature in Spanish (by Echteld, Liesbeth); 47. Strategies and Stratagems of some Dutch-Antillean Writers (by Oversteegen, Jaap); 48. Fiction; 49. The Contemporary Surinamese Novel (by Phaf-Rheinberger, Ineke); 50. Surinamese Short Narrative (by Kempen, Michiel van); 51. Poetry; 52. Literary Magazines and Poetry in the Netherlands Antilles (by Rutgers, Wim); 53. The Surinamese Muse: Reflections on Poetry (by February, Vernie); 54. East Indian Surinamese Poetry and its Languages (by Damsteegt, Theo); 55. Drama; 56. Forms of Dramatic Expression in the Leeward Islands (by Putte-De Windt, Igma van); 57. Banya, a Surviving Surinamese Slave Play (by Guda, Trudi); 58. Literary Magazines; 59. Civilisado: A Doomed Civilizing Offensive in Curacao, 1871-1875 (by Abraham-van der Mark, Eva); 60. Prewar Prose and Poetry in Papiamentu (by Broek, Aart G.); 61. Literary Criticism; 62. Antillean Literary Criticism: Caribbean vs. Dutch Approaches (by Roo, Jos de); 63. Conclusions (by Phaf-Rheinberger, Ineke); 64. Index to Names of Writers and Significant Historical Figures