The Routledge Reader in Caribbean Literature

The Routledge Reader in Caribbean is an outstanding compilation of primary and secondary texts from the Anglophone Caribbean. It brings previously unknown or inaccessible texts from 1900 to the present to greater attention and draws more familiar texts into a new range of contexts.
Both the famous and less well known arec given a voice in this remarkable anthology wich encompassesn poetry, short stories, essays, articles and interviews. Writers include: C.L.R. James, George Lamming, Jean Rhys, Benjamin Zephaniah, Claude McKay, Jamaica Kincaid, Sylvia Wynter, Derek Walcott, David Dabydeen, Grace Nichols. This book provides an accessible historical and cultural framework to the texts making this anthology an ideal teaching tool as well as a fascinating collection for anyone interested in the wealth of literary tradition coming out of the Caribbean.