Michael A. Bucknor is a lecturer at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica. He is an editor of the Journal of West Indian Literature and has published book chapters and journal articles on Caribbean and Canadian Literature, diasporic writing, body theory, masculinities, cultural and performance studies.Alison Donnell is Reader at the University of Reading. She is author of Twentieth Century Caribbean Literature (Routledge, 2006); editor of Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture (Routledge, 2002) and co-editor of The Routledge Reader in Caribbean Literature (1996).

'An elegantly comprehensive survey of the terrain and an invaluable resource for teachers, students and writers.' - Caryl Phillips'[The editors] provide an admirable contribution to Caribbean literary studies specifically and world literary studies as a whole.' - Choice

• Introduction Part I: Caribbean Poetics Part II: Critical Generations Part III: Textual Turning Points Part IV: Literary Genres and Critical Approaches Part V: Caribbean Literature Part VI: Dissemination/Material Textuality

Michael A. Bucknor is a lecturer at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica. He is an editor of the Journal of West Indian Literature and has published book chapters and journal articles on Caribbean and Canadian Literature, diasporic writing, body theory, masculinities, cultural and performance studies.Alison Donnell is Reader at the University of Reading. She is author of Twentieth Century Caribbean Literature (Routledge, 2006); editor of Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture (Routledge, 2002) and co-editor of The Routledge Reader in Caribbean Literature (1996).

'An elegantly comprehensive survey of the terrain and an invaluable resource for teachers, students and writers.' - Caryl Phillips'[The editors] provide an admirable contribution to Caribbean literary studies specifically and world literary studies as a whole.' - Choice

• Introduction Part I: Caribbean Poetics Part II: Critical Generations Part III: Textual Turning Points Part IV: Literary Genres and Critical Approaches Part V: Caribbean Literature Part VI: Dissemination/Material Textuality

Michael A. Bucknor is a lecturer at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica. He is an editor of the Journal of West Indian Literature and has published book chapters and journal articles on Caribbean and Canadian Literature, diasporic writing, body theory, masculinities, cultural and performance studies.Alison Donnell is Reader at the University of Reading. She is author of Twentieth Century Caribbean Literature (Routledge, 2006); editor of Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture (Routledge, 2002) and co-editor of The Routledge Reader in Caribbean Literature (1996).

'An elegantly comprehensive survey of the terrain and an invaluable resource for teachers, students and writers.' - Caryl Phillips'[The editors] provide an admirable contribution to Caribbean literary studies specifically and world literary studies as a whole.' - Choice

• Introduction Part I: Caribbean Poetics Part II: Critical Generations Part III: Textual Turning Points Part IV: Literary Genres and Critical Approaches Part V: Caribbean Literature Part VI: Dissemination/Material Textuality