TY - BOOK ID - 146145702 TI - Come weep with me : loss and mourning in the writings of Caribbean women writers PY - 2007 SN - 1847183247 9781847183248 PB - Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, DB - UniCat KW - Caribbean literature KW - Grief in literature KW - Littérature caribéenne KW - Tristesse KW - Chagrin KW - Women authors KW - History and criticism KW - Femmes écrivains KW - 20e siècle KW - Dans la littérature KW - Histoire et critique KW - Littérature caribéenne KW - Femmes écrivains KW - 20e siècle KW - Dans la littérature UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:146145702 AB - This groundbreaking anthology represents the critical inquiry of literary scholars into the trope of loss and mourning in the work of women writers from the Caribbean archipelago. There is a great deal of recent scholarly interest in the relationship of loss and mourning yet there are no books specifically devoted to an examination of this trope in the works of Caribbean women writers. To fill this gap, this collection of original essays examines subjects that encompass the brutality of slavery, oppressive dictatorships, AIDS, and the catastrophe of the Mount Pele volcano that appear in the writings of women from the English, Spanish and French speaking Caribbean. It is an important addition to the contemporary discourse on loss and mourning. The project is an exciting and vital one because it brings together a multiplicity of perspectives and critical approaches to examine the works of writers such as Jean Rhys, Jamaica Kincaid, Julia Alvarez and Maryse Condé. What emerges is a complex portrait of loss, mourning and remembrance that both enriches and challenges customary discourses of loss, mourning and melancholia. ER -