TY - BOOK ID - 77921740 TI - Snow on sugarcane PY - 2009 SN - 128218993X 9786612189937 1443804215 9781443803557 1443803553 9781282189935 9781443804219 PB - Newcastle upon Tyne Cambridge Scholars DB - UniCat KW - West Indian poetry (English) KW - West Indian poetry KW - West Indian literature KW - English poetry KW - West Indian literature (English) KW - History and criticism. KW - West Indian authors KW - History and criticism UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77921740 AB - As recently as the early 1970's, scholars were able to argue conclusively for the existence of West Indian poetry as distinct from the English canon. Because much of its development occurred in Britain, hybridising with British practice was inevitable and this book makes a case for a West Indian British poetry which at first parallels and later becomes distinct from either of its parent bodies, relying instead on a cross-cultural aesthetic that continues to evolve. Early chapters examine the... ER -