A HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN THE CARIBBEAN. Edited by A. James Arnold. Volume 2. ENGLISH- AND DUTCH-SPEAKING REGIONS. A Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2001. x, 672 p. Although this is volume 2 of...

F. Abiola Irele and Simon Gikandi, eds. The Cambridge History of African and Caribbean Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. 2 volumes, xli + 906 pp. Chronology. Index. $180. I assume that Cambridge University Press had good practical reasons for putting the Caribbean...

In the following essay, Brathwaite examines African influences on Caribbean folk traditions, stressing that although highly focused on religion, African cultural practices and norms not only survived periods of slavery and colonization, but that they continue to influence Caribbean folk culture in form, literature, and rhetoric.

In the following essay, Luis provides an overview of Spanish-Caribbean literature written in the United States, briefly discussing the works of such authors as Reinaldo Arenas, José Martí, and others.

In the following essay, Phaf explores the interplay between the Caribbean imagination and the literature of the countries comprising the Caribbean basin, focusing particularly on the Antilles and Surinam.