Caribbean Literature in Transition, 1920–1970: Volume 2
Cambridge University Press, 1/14/2021
EAN 9781108495523, ISBN10: 1108495524
Hardcover, 436 pages, 23.5 x 15.9 x 2.5 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
The years between the 1920s and 1970s are key for the development of Caribbean literature, producing the founding canonical literary texts of the Anglophone Caribbean. This volume features essays by major scholars as well as emerging voices revisiting important moments from that era to open up new perspectives. Caribbean contributions to the Harlem Renaissance, to the Windrush generation publishing in England after World War II, and to the regional reverberations of the Cuban Revolution all feature prominently in this story. At the same time, we uncover lesser known stories of writers publishing in regional newspapers and journals, of pioneering women writers, and of exchanges with Canada and the African continent. From major writers like Derek Walcott, V.S. Naipaul, George Lamming, and Jean Rhys to recently recuperated figures like Eric Walrond, Una Marson, Sylvia Wynter, and Ismith Khan, this volume sets a course for the future study of Caribbean literature.
Introduction Raphael Dalleo and Curdella Forbes
Part I. Literary and Generic Transitions
1. Writing at the end of empire Erin M. Fehskens
2. Questioning Modernism
the 1950sâ€â€1960s Mary Lou Emery
3. Daily decolonization
poetry, periodicals, and newspaper publishing Ben Etherington
4. Towards a national theatre Jason Allen-Paisant
5. Orature, performance, and the oral-scribal interface Carol Bailey
6. Explorations of the self Merle Collins
Part II. Cultural and Political Transitions
7. Debating language Carolyn Cooper
8. Periodical culture Claire Irving
9. Decolonizing education
literature, the school system, and the imperatives of political independence Ian Robertson
10. Imaginaries of citizenship and the state Michael Niblett
11. Postcolonial stirrings
the crisis of nationalism Laurie R. Lambert
Part III. The Caribbean Region in Transition
12. A moving centre
the Caribbean in Britain J. Dillon Brown
13. Canadian routes Michael A. Bucknor
14. New empires
the Caribbean and the United States Imani D. Owens
15. Africa and the Caribbean
recrossing the Atlantic Simon Gikandi
16. Cross-Caribbean dialogues I
Hispanophone Amanda T. Perry
17. Cross-Caribbean dialogues II
Francophone Raphael Dalleo
Part IV. Critical Transitions
18. Forging the critical canon Glyne Griffith
19. Forgotten trailblazers Antonia Macdonald
20. Recuperating women writers Anthea Morrison
21. Rhizomatic genealogies
Jean Rhys as literary foremother Reed Caswell Aiken
22. Writing Indo-Caribbean masculinity Lisa Outar
23. Writing and reading sex and sexuality Margaret Grace Love.