Natalie Lucy completed her Ph.D. in January 2024 at UCL and was previously a solicitor. Part of her Ph.D. included a six-month placement at the British Library working on Andrew Salkey's archive. The project aimed to digitally “map” the Caribbean diaspora and represent the vital literary networks evidenced in his rich collection of correspondence from a host of celebrated Caribbean writers, politicians, and activists. Lucy is very interested in Caribbean culture and, more generally, how language helps to define identity.

• .- Introduction.- Part One: Foundations and the Creation of an Anancy Aesthetic.- Chapter 1: Recovering the Stories.- Chapter 2: Louise Bennett, Pretending to be Laughing.- Chapter 3: Arrival. Caribbean Voices and the Foundations for a Caribbean Aesthetic.- Chapter 4: Defining Voice and the Significance of Anancy to a Caribbean Aesthetic.- Part Two: New Foundations; New Beacons.- Chapter 5: Infiltrating the Secret Garden: The Pursuit of Place for Black Britons of the Caribbean Diaspora.- Chapter 6: Towards a sense of Belonging: Anancy, the Tales and their Emergence in British Writing of the Caribbean Diaspora.- Chapter 7: New Generations and the Shape of Anancy in Contemporary British Writing for Children.- Chapter 8: Anancy’s Many Shapes: A British Anancy, Disassembled and Reconstructed – Conclusion.

Natalie Lucy completed her Ph.D. in January 2024 at UCL and was previously a solicitor. Part of her Ph.D. included a six-month placement at the British Library working on Andrew Salkey's archive. The project aimed to digitally “map” the Caribbean diaspora and represent the vital literary networks evidenced in his rich collection of correspondence from a host of celebrated Caribbean writers, politicians, and activists. Lucy is very interested in Caribbean culture and, more generally, how language helps to define identity.

• .- Introduction.- Part One: Foundations and the Creation of an Anancy Aesthetic.- Chapter 1: Recovering the Stories.- Chapter 2: Louise Bennett, Pretending to be Laughing.- Chapter 3: Arrival. Caribbean Voices and the Foundations for a Caribbean Aesthetic.- Chapter 4: Defining Voice and the Significance of Anancy to a Caribbean Aesthetic.- Part Two: New Foundations; New Beacons.- Chapter 5: Infiltrating the Secret Garden: The Pursuit of Place for Black Britons of the Caribbean Diaspora.- Chapter 6: Towards a sense of Belonging: Anancy, the Tales and their Emergence in British Writing of the Caribbean Diaspora.- Chapter 7: New Generations and the Shape of Anancy in Contemporary British Writing for Children.- Chapter 8: Anancy’s Many Shapes: A British Anancy, Disassembled and Reconstructed – Conclusion.

Natalie Lucy completed her Ph.D. in January 2024 at UCL and was previously a solicitor. Part of her Ph.D. included a six-month placement at the British Library working on Andrew Salkey's archive. The project aimed to digitally “map” the Caribbean diaspora and represent the vital literary networks evidenced in his rich collection of correspondence from a host of celebrated Caribbean writers, politicians, and activists. Lucy is very interested in Caribbean culture and, more generally, how language helps to define identity.

• .- Introduction.- Part One: Foundations and the Creation of an Anancy Aesthetic.- Chapter 1: Recovering the Stories.- Chapter 2: Louise Bennett, Pretending to be Laughing.- Chapter 3: Arrival. Caribbean Voices and the Foundations for a Caribbean Aesthetic.- Chapter 4: Defining Voice and the Significance of Anancy to a Caribbean Aesthetic.- Part Two: New Foundations; New Beacons.- Chapter 5: Infiltrating the Secret Garden: The Pursuit of Place for Black Britons of the Caribbean Diaspora.- Chapter 6: Towards a sense of Belonging: Anancy, the Tales and their Emergence in British Writing of the Caribbean Diaspora.- Chapter 7: New Generations and the Shape of Anancy in Contemporary British Writing for Children.- Chapter 8: Anancy’s Many Shapes: A British Anancy, Disassembled and Reconstructed – Conclusion.