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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      06 January 2010
      10 September 1998
      ISBN:
      9780511612039
      9780521583312
      9780521587129
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511612039
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 138 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.45kg, 288 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 138 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.34kg, 288 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, Computational Linguistics, African Studies, Language and Linguistics
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    This introduction to West Indian poetry is written for readers making their first approach to poetry in English written in the Caribbean. 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.

    Reviews

    ‘This book is a superb introduction to West Indian poetry and to one of the most important sectors of the postcolonial scene. Students using this book will come out of the experience with an excellent mastery of the primary texts of West Indian literature and the issues that motivated it.’

    Simon Gikandi - University of Michigan

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