This introduction to West Indian poetry is written for readers making their first approach to the poetry of the Caribbean written in English. It offers a comprehensive literary history from the 1920s to the 1980s, with particular attention to the relationship of West Indian poetry to European, Afric..
The author is a psychiatrist. He attempts here to study the family, sexual practices, and child-rearing customs in five cultures (those of Egypt, Greece, the ancient Hebrews, Rome, China), and to draw some insights from these histories. The scope here is broad; the focus and conclusions hazy. The ap..