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Books on: (Caribbean or "West Indian") and (literature or fiction)

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Anancy in the Great House: Ways of Reading West Indian Fiction

Book by Joyce Jonas, Henry Louis Gates Jr.; Greenwood Press, 1990

Subjects:

Caribbean Fiction (English)--History And Criticism, Harris, Wilson--History And Criticism, Lamming, George--1927---Criticism And Interpretation, West Indian Fiction (English)--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Interviews with Three Caribbean Writers in Texas...on African and Caribbean Literature, Culture, and...Wilson Harriss Fiction." Literary Half...The West Indian Novel and Its Background...Creative Writer and West Indian Society." Kaic...The Folk in Caribbean Literature...
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Caliban in Exile: The Outsider in Caribbean Fiction

Book by Margaret Paul Joseph; Greenwood Press, 1992

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Caliban (Fictitious Character), Caribbean Area--In Literature, Caribbean Fiction (English)--History And Criticism, Exiles In Literature, Lamming, George--1927---Criticism And Interpretation, Outsiders In Literature, Rhys, Jean--Criticism And Interpretation, Selvon, Samuel--Criticism And Interpretation, West Indian Fiction (English)--History And Criticism, West Indies--In Literature

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...14 In Lamming "Caribbean Literature: The Black Rock...three elements in the West Indian imagination: embarrassment...is now inspiring Caribbean fiction. More than any writer...laments the fact that West Indian writers are full...
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Writing in Limbo: Modernism and Caribbean Literature

Book by Simon Gikandi; Cornell University Press, 1992

Subjects:

Caribbean Fiction (English)--History And Criticism, Modernism (Literature)--Caribbean Area, Modernism (Literature)--West Indies, West Indian Fiction (English)--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...violates the serene Apollonian fictions asserted by vision...counter the Apollonian fiction of empire seems to explain...introduce the narrative of Caribbean history into the text...restore coherence to the Caribbean social body and the mechanisms...George Lamming," in King, West Indian Literature , pp. 126-43; Selwyn R. Cudjoe, Resistance and Caribbean Literature Athens: Ohio...
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Fifty Caribbean Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook

Book by Daryl Cumber Dance; Greenwood Press, 1986

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Authors, Caribbean--Biography--Dictionaries, Caribbean Area--In Literature--Bibliography--Dictionaries, Caribbean Literature (English)--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries, Caribbean Literature (English)--Dictionaries, Fiction, West Indian Literature (English)--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries, West Indies--In Literature--Bibliography--Dictionaries

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Indian Consciousness in West Indian Verse," Journal of Commonwealth Literature 9 July 1970 , 66...accurately be denoted Caribbean literature--a literature...and ambience of the Caribbean and its people...Lamming declared, "The West Indian novel, by which I...study of West Indian fiction, Kenneth Ramchand...
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The Daughter's Return: African-American and Caribbean Women's Fictions of History

Book by Caroline Rody; Oxford University Press, 2001

Subjects:

African American Women In Literature, American Fiction--African American Authors--History And Criticism, American Fiction--Women Authors--History And Criticism, Caribbean Fiction (English)--Women Authors--History And Criticism, Daughters In Literature, Literature And History--History--20th Century, Mothers And Daughters In Literature, Return In Literature, Women And Literature--History--20th Century, Women In Literature

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...in Contemporary American Literature. New York: Greenwood...Kincaids Annie John. In Caribbean Women Writers, ed. Cudjoe...of the Dutch-Speaking Caribbean: Life Long Poem in the...Granmorgu (New Dawn). In Caribbean Women Writers, ed. Cudjoe...Conjuring: Black Women, Fiction, and Literary Tradition...Kenneth. Introduction to West Indian Literature. Middlesex...

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Journal Articles on: (Caribbean or "West Indian") and (literature or fiction)

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A Forgotten Forum: the Forum Quarterly and the Development of West Indian Literature

Journal article by C. Wade; Caribbean Quarterly, Vol. 50, 2004

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...ideology resulted in fiction that focussed...settings, its fictions - with few exceptions...of manifesting West Indian consciousness...the place of literature in developing...transcended propelling West Indian writing- such...limelight through fiction, verse, reviews...alliance between literature and other forms...discourse in defining Caribbean identity. Sander...greater use of West Indian settings "the...
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The Other America: Caribbean Literature in a New World Context

Journal article by R. S. Krishnan; International Fiction Review, 2001

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Books--Reviews, The Other America: Caribbean Literature in a New World Context (Book)--Reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

The Other America: Caribbean Literature in a New World Context by R. S...Michael Dash The Other America: Caribbean Literature in a New World Context...Michael Dashs The Other America: Caribbean Literature in a New World Context...
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Daddy Sharpe, a Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Samuel Sharpe, a West Indian Slave , Written by Himself, 1832

Journal article by Daive Dunkley; Caribbean Quarterly, Vol. 56, 2010

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...of Samuel Sharpe, a West Indian Slave , Written by...of Samuel Sharpe, A West Indian Slave , Written by...The use of history in fiction is quite common for the Caribbean. The combination can...that exists on the Caribbean and most notable are...links it to a body of literature that is already large...
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The Recalcitrant Muse: Race, Sex and Historical Tension in the Search for the West Indian (Trans)subject

Journal article by Shona N. Jackson; Caribbean Quarterly, Vol. 50, 2004

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...writing is simply a trap Caribbean writers fall into when they...cultural narratives. But, Caribbean Modernity, as these writers...Any act of writing by a West Indian author presumes a subject...We need to ask of this literature, is there a difference and...In seeking to articulate a Caribbean, Creole historical subject...
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Out of Order! Anthony Winkler and White West Indian Writing

Journal article by Barry Chevannes; Caribbean Quarterly, Vol. 53, 2007

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...not really serious literature that could qualify...most issue of the West Indian literary imagination...and by extension, Caribbean readership, because...colour that permeate West Indian life, all are knitted...right in this-here Caribbean? And that they suffer...opposed to serious fiction - nevertheless transcends...

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Magazine Articles on: (Caribbean or "West Indian") and (literature or fiction)

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Presenting Caribbean Writing

Magazine article by J.W. Doering; Contemporary Review, Vol. 271, November 1997

Subjects:

Caribbean literature--Publishing, Markham, Edwin--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Penguin book of Caribbean Short Stories (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...of people who read fiction are women, and so...spread of Caribbean literature is all important...considers how Caribbean literature was so affected by...interacts with other literatures, working to dispel...term `Caribbean Literature may in future become...underpining sense of Caribbean identity. Markham...have to deal with Caribbean people in the West...the notion of West Indian-ness will not become...
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Derek Walcott: The Voice of the Caribbean: Saint Lucia's Favorite Son Discusses the Emerging Identity in Literature and Prose Unique to the Islands

Magazine article by Enriqueta Cabrera; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 59, May-June 2007

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Nobel Prizes, Poets--Achievements and awards, Poets--Interviews, Poets--Works, Walcott, Derek--Achievements and awards, Walcott, Derek--Interviews, Walcott, Derek--Works

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...the Emerging Identity in Literature and Prose Unique to the Islands...of the Aruac people in the Caribbean by conquistadors, the eighteenth century fights in the Caribbean between the English and the...do, does, or will do for Caribbean literature," he said once...from different cultures: West Indian, African, and European...
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Heroes of the Caribbean Pitch

Magazine article by Celia Sankar; Americas (English Edition), September 1995

Subjects:

Caribbean Area--Recreational aspects, Cricket--Evaluation

Collections: Entire Library

...international test cricket, many West Indian cricketers sign lucrative...Australia last May in the Caribbean brought an end to that...Aspinall observed that West Indian spectators "are very demonstrative...Cricket was brought to the Caribbean from England, where it...Cricket appeals to the West Indian psyche, says University...which I consider oral literature," Rohlehr says. "Thats...
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Kweyol Close-Up: Photojournalist Chris Higgins Captures Saint Lucia's Kweyol Culture with His Black-and-White Images That Demand a New Perspective on the Sun-Drenched Caribbean

Magazine article by Chris Higgins; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 59, November 2007

Subjects:

Caribbean Islands--Description and travel, Caribbean Islands--Personal narratives, Native American culture--Evaluation, Native Americans--Culture, Native Americans--Evaluation, Photography--Personal narratives

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...mass tourism is putting on Caribbean islands from an environmental...abstract concept. In the Caribbean context, their finiteness...of changes in the eastern Caribbean. I noticed on my last trip...Lucian Nobel laureate for literature, once said of his birthplace...much about the spirit of the West Indian people as it does about the...
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Fond Memories of Schooling in the Caribbean? Not Me

Magazine article by Marcus Howe; New Statesman, Vol. 125, August 2, 1996

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Caribbean Area--Schools, Education--International aspects, United Kingdom--Schools

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...memories of schooling in the Caribbean? Not me by Marcus Howe My...comparison for English language, literature, history or French. Hundreds...their children back for a Caribbean education. And older West...prisons. Sixty per cent of Caribbean pupils leave school without...

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Newspaper Articles on: (Caribbean or "West Indian") and (literature or fiction)

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MY BOOKISH PARADISE; Struggling to Get Back into Reading for Pleasure, Liz Hoggard Found a Week on a Caribbean Island Devoted to Just This the Perfect Cure

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), June 30, 2010

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Poetry

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...evenings, Damian arranged a Caribbean poetry evening, bedtime...and a Q A with Penguin fiction writer Julia Llewellyn...for supper, we feasted on Caribbean-style kingfish, lobster...UK BOOK FESTIVALS London Literature Festival, Southbank Centre...the Palm Island resort Caribbean scene: the view from a beachfront...
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The Caribbean Island Rescued by Dixon of Dock Green

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), November 10, 1996

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...up to their ankles in the Caribbean surf. Is it really possible...they really did happen. A Caribbean drama that could have plummeted...a pretty place, with the Caribbean lapping the white beaches...irresistible to me, a writer of fiction, was that the facts were...
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SHE DEVILS DF THE SEAS; as Penelope Cruz Makes a Sultrysultry Aappearance in the Latest Pirates of the Caribbean Film, the Truth about the Female Buccaneers Who Were Even More Ruthless Than the Men

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 17, 2011

Subjects:

Bonny, Anne

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the sparkling waters of the Caribbean at Negril Point, on the western...the fourth Pirates Of The Caribbean film opens this week, the...of female pirates is not a fiction spun by Hollywood to incorporate...were notorious throughout the Caribbean. Indeed, when Woodes Rogers...
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SHE-DEVILS OF THE SEAS; Thought Women Wielding Cutlasses Were Just a Pirates of the Caribbean Fantasy? the Truth Is They Were All Too Real -and Even More Terrifying and Bloodthirsty Than the Men

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 17, 2011

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Bonny, Anne

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the sparkling waters of the Caribbean at Negril Point, on the western...the fourth Pirates Of The Caribbean film opens this week, the...of female pirates is not a fiction spun by Hollywood to incorporate...were notorious throughout the Caribbean. Indeed, when Woodes Rogers...
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The Saints from Paradise; THERE'S MORE TO THE CARIBBEAN THAN THE TOURIST HAUNTS OF BARBADOS AND ANTIGUA. JO FOLEY FOUND PARADISE ON THREE OF THE SMALLER ISLANDS

Newspaper article by Jo Foley; Sunday Mirror (London, England), November 30, 1997

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Saint Lucia

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...with local poet and Nobel literature prize-winner Derek Walcott...luxury liners that cruise the Caribbean. The nightlife on both sides...have the best beaches in the Caribbean. But there is one small corner...sexiest island in all of the Caribbean. Only nine miles square...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: (Caribbean or "West Indian") and (literature or fiction)

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Spanish American Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Anthology of Latin American Folklore in Literature (1961); W. K. Jones, ed., Spanish American Literature in Translation: A Selection of Poetry, Fiction and Drama Since 1888 (1963); A...A New History of Spanish American Fiction (1972); D. Gallagher, ed., Modern Latin American Literature (1973) M. Forster, ed., Tradition...
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Children's Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...cent., achieving a distinct place in literature for childrens books, and spawning innumerable genres of childrens literature. Fantasy written for children includes...1970), Madeleine LEngles science-fiction A Wrinkle in Time (1962), Lloyd...also reveal the trend toward a growing literature for teenagers. Other novelists that...
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African Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

AFRICAN LITERATURE literary works of the African continent. African literature consists of a body of work...genres, ranging from oral literature to literature written in...Studies in African and Caribbean Literature (1976); W...
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Kincaid, Jamaica

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

KINCAID, JAMAICA 1949 , West Indian American writer, b. Antigua as Elaine Potter Richardson...1996. Kincaid first became known for her lush tales of Caribbean life in her first short-story collection, At the Bottom...complexity of mother-daughter connections. Her later fiction continues the style and themes of these works. Dark and...
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Walcott, Derek

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

WALCOTT, DEREK 1930 , West Indian dramatist and poet, b. Castries...race background. Often focusing on West Indian folk traditions, Walcotts plays...He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992. See his Selected Poems...

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