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Author Dieffenthaller, Ian Andrew.

Title Snow on sugarcane : the evolution of West Indian poetry in Britain / by Ian Dieffenthaller.

Publication Info. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 300 pages)
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-296) and index.
Summary As recently as the early 1970s, scholars were able to argue conclusively for the existence of West Indian poetry as distinct from the English canon. Because much of its development occurred in Britain, hybridising with British practice was inevitable and this book makes a case for a West Indian British poetry which at first parallels and later becomes distinct from either of its parent bodies, relying instead on a cross-cultural aesthetic that continues to evolve. Early chapters examine the ...
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Subject West Indian poetry (English) -- History and criticism.
West Indian poetry (English)
West Indian poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
West Indian poetry.
Chronological Term 20th century
1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: 9781443803557 (DLC) 2009397751
ISBN 9781443803557 (hardback)
1443803553 (hardback)
128218993X
9781282189935
9781443804219 (electronic book)
1443804215 (electronic book)