Fifty Caribbean Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook

by Daryl C. Dance

Overview

Even when available elsewhere, information on these 50 English-language authors is sparse; the in-depth treatment here includes biography, description of major works and themes, summary of critical reception, and an exhaustive bibliography of works by and about each author. Both academic and public libraries will want to accept this invitation to another world.
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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313239397
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	03/26/1986
Series:	Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook
Pages:	542
Sales rank:	697,637
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.19(d)
Lexile:	1400L (what's this?)

Editorial Reviews

Caribbean literature is an emerging literature with origins perhaps only as recent as the 20th century. Nevertheless, it boasts major efforts by indisputable talents such as V. S. Naipaul and Jamaica Kincaid, and the number of distinguished Caribbean writers is growing. Dance's work answers a definite need for quality biographical and critical information on these writers. Each of its entries includes a biographical sketch, description of major works and themes, summary of critical response, and bibliography of works by and about the author. This work augments and updates Donald E. Herdeck's Caribbean Writers (Three Continents, 1979) and Jeanette Allis's West Indian Literature (LJ 5/1/81 ). Highly recommended for academic and most public library reference collections. Melissa Cain, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Lib.

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