A History of Literature in the Caribbean
Volume 1: Hispanic and Francophone Regions
This history for the first time charts the literature of the entire Caribbean, the islands as well as continental littoral, as one cultural region. It breaks new ground in establishing a common grid for reading literatures that have been kept separate by their linguistic frontiers. Readers will have access to the best current scholarship on the evolution of popular and literate cultures in the various regions since their earliest emergence.
The History of Literature in the Caribbean brings together the most distinguished team of literary Caribbeanists ever assembled, cutting across ideological commitments and critical methods. Differences in point of view between individual contributors are left intact here as the sign of the colonial inheritance of the region. Introductions and conclusions to the various sections of the History written by the respective subeditors, set them in proper perspective. The unique synoptic aspect of the History lies in its comprehensiveness and its range, which are unequaled.
This volume is part of a book set which can be ordered at a special discount, see: https://www.benjamins.com/series/chlel/chlel.special_offer_history_of_literature_in_the_caribbean.pdf
The History of Literature in the Caribbean brings together the most distinguished team of literary Caribbeanists ever assembled, cutting across ideological commitments and critical methods. Differences in point of view between individual contributors are left intact here as the sign of the colonial inheritance of the region. Introductions and conclusions to the various sections of the History written by the respective subeditors, set them in proper perspective. The unique synoptic aspect of the History lies in its comprehensiveness and its range, which are unequaled.
This volume is part of a book set which can be ordered at a special discount, see: https://www.benjamins.com/series/chlel/chlel.special_offer_history_of_literature_in_the_caribbean.pdf
[Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages, X] 1994. xviii, 579 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 9 May 2011
Published online on 9 May 2011
© John Benjamins B.V. / Association Internationale de Littérature Comparée
Table of Contents
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Charting the Caribbean as a Literary RegionA. James Arnold | pp. xiii–xviii
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Hispanic literatureJulio Rodriguez-Luis
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IntroductionJulio Rodriguez-Luis | pp. 3–6
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Language, Popular and Literate Cultures, Regions
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The History of Literary LanguageHumberto López Morales | pp. 9–23
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Popular and Literate Cultures
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Education in the Hispanic AntillesJulio Rodriguez-Luis | pp. 27–34
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Listening to the Reader: The Working-Class Cultural Project in Cuba and Puerto RicoMaría Elena Rodríguez Castro | pp. 35–45
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Islands and Territories
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Dominican Literature and Its Criticism: Anatomy of a Troubled IdentitySilvio Torres-Saillant | pp. 49–64
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Colombian LiteratureSeymour Menton | pp. 65–73
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West Indian Writing in Central AmericaIan I. Smart | pp. 75–83
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North of the Caribbean: An Outline for a History of Spanish-Caribbean Literature in the United StatesEfrain Barradas | pp. 85–94
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AfterwordJulio Rodriguez-Luis | pp. 95–97
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Literary Genres
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IntroductionJulio Rodriguez-Luis | pp. 101–107
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The Colonial Period to the Early Nineteenth Century (All Genres)
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Colonial Voices of the Hispanic CaribbeanRaquel Chang-Rodriguez | pp. 111–137
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From Romanticism Through Modernismo and Naturalism
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FictionCarlos J. Alonso | pp. 141–153
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The Poetic Production of Cuba, Puerto Rico and The Dominican Republic in the Nineteenth CenturyIvan A. Schulman | pp. 155–173
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The Twentieth Century
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The NovelWilliam L. Siemens | pp. 177–190
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The Short Story in the Hispanic AntillesWilliam Luis | pp. 191–208
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The Caribbean's Contribution to the BoomGustavo Pellon | pp. 209–219
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PoetryEmilio Bejel | pp. 221–238
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The TheaterSandra M. Cypess | pp. 239–261
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The EssayPeter Earle | pp. 263–281
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Literature and Politics in the Cuban Revolution: The Historical ImageAdriana Méndez Rodenas | pp. 283–294
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ConclusionsJulio Rodriguez-Luis | pp. 295–306
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Francophone literatureJ. Michael Dash
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IntroductionJ. Michael Dash | pp. 309–314
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Language, Popular and Literate Cultures, Regions
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The Formation and Evolution of a Literary Discourse: One, Two, or Three Literatures?Ulrich Fleischmann | pp. 317–338
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Popular and Literate Cultures
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Literature and Folklore in the Francophone CaribbeanMaximilien Laroche | pp. 341–348
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The Caribbean in Metropolitan French WritingRégis Antoine | pp. 349–362
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Islands and Territories
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Haitian SensibilityLeon-Francois Hoffmann | pp. 365–378
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Martinique and Guadeloupe: Time and SpaceRandolph Hezekiah | pp. 379–387
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French GuianaBridget Jones | pp. 389–398
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ConclusionsJ. Michael Dash | pp. 399–403
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Literary Genres
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IntroductionJ. Michael Dash | pp. 407–412
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The Novel
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Novels of Social and Political Protest to the 1950sFrederick Ivor Case | pp. 415–425
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A New Cry: From the 1960s to the 1980sMarie-Denise Shelton | pp. 427–433
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Realism Redefined: The Subjective VisionBeverley Ormerod | pp. 435–449
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Exile and Recent LiteratureJ. Michael Dash | pp. 451–461
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Poetry
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Poetry Before NegritudeJack Corzani | pp. 465–477
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Negritude: Then and NowA. James Arnold | pp. 479–484
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New VoicesAnthea Morrison | pp. 485–504
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Theater
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Marronnage and the Canon: Theater to the Negritude EraJuris Silenieks | pp. 507–516
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Toward créolité: Postnegritude DevelopmentsJuris Silenieks | pp. 517–525
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Essay
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Before and Beyond NegritudeJ. Michael Dash | pp. 529–546
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Colonialism as Neurosis: Frantz FanonVere Knight | pp. 547–558
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The Essay and / in HistoryA. James Arnold | pp. 559–565
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Index to Names | pp. 567–579
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Subjects
Literature & Literary Studies
Main BIC Subject
DSB: Literary studies: general
Main BISAC Subject
LIT000000: LITERARY CRITICISM / General