Karl is the story of a young mans encounter with middle-class Jamaica. His story is contrasted with Kenneths, who rejects all that the middle class has to offer. Other stories reflect the lives of women from different social backgrounds....Lasīt vairāk
There have been many great and enduring works of literature by Caribbean authors over the last century. The Caribbean Contemporary Classics collection celebrates these deep and vibrant stories, overflowing with life and acute observations about so...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 28-Feb-2014, Hardback, Izdevniecība: The University of Alabama Press, ISBN-13: 9780817318079)
Caribbean Literary Discourse is a study of the multicultural, multilingual, and Creolized languages that characterize Caribbean discourse, especially as reflected in the language choices that preoccupy creative writers....Lasīt vairāk
Shaped by Velma Pollards sense of her Jamaican homelands difficult history and unparalleled natural beauties, this poetry collection reaches the heart of Caribbean tragedy, both political and personal,...Lasīt vairāk
Combining two volumes of short stories, this compilation bridges the gap between the earlier pieces of the authors previous array and the various and rich prose of a more recent collection. Presenting pungently written tales that confront the contr...Lasīt vairāk
Having developed a significant following among her fellow Jamaicans and in the wider Caribbean world, Velma Pollard seamlessly unites the personal and the political in her latest volume of poetry. Organized into three sections, the col...Lasīt vairāk
Dread Talk examines the effects of Rastafarian language on Creole in other parts of the Carribean, its influence in Jamaican poetry, and its effects on standard Jamaican English. This revised edition includes a new introduction that outlines th...Lasīt vairāk
The Longman Caribbean Writers Series comprises of many classic novels, short stories and plays by the best known Caribbean authors, together with works of the highest quality from new writers....Lasīt vairāk
Horizons is a series specifically written for Caribbean readers aged 11-14 years. The stories are selected both for their appeal to young people and for the quality of the writing....Lasīt vairāk
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Set in Canada and Jamaica in the 1960s, Karl is the story of a young mans encounter with middle-class Jamaica. His story is contrasted with Kenneths, who rejects all that the middle class has to offer. Other stories in this book reflect the live...Lasīt vairāk
A shame tree is a Jamaican symbol for the development of moral consciousness, and the poems in this collection explore the points at which moral values emerge - and the consequences of their absence. The poems suggest toughly that such consciousness...Lasīt vairāk
Crown Point is the first collection of poems by one of the Caribbeans foremost woman poets. Velma Pollards poems range from affectionate and observant family portraits to the righteous anger of an Afro-Caribbean womans truth telling. C...Lasīt vairāk
