Caribbean Poetics: Toward an Aesthetic of West Indian Literature

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (23.75cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xiv,353,[1]pp. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, with a single closed tear at upper spine panel. "Torres-Saillant examines recurring thematic motifs and formal devices that Caribbean literary artists have drawn from the last six decades, isolating their engagement with language, religion, and history as primary components of their cultural discourse" (from front flap). 89320.