There is in this work nearly total grasp of the central concerns of...Anglophone Caribbean literature. Few books on the subject cover it with the breadth and depth that this has.

- Isidore Okpewho, State University of New York, Binghamton,

This thorough analysis of the convergence of the historical and the literary in West Indian writing deals with a theme that has continually vexed the writers of the Caribbean. A people totally shaped by their history, they are oddly lacking in the epic historical tradition... Wilson-Tagoe has researched and written this commendable volume to provide an insider's insight on the subject... she focuses on specific authors of international renown such as V.S. Naipaul, Derek Walcott and Edward Brathwaite, uncovering both their views on the question of history and the way in which they interpret and subsequently deal with/express it in their work. -

BRITISH BULLETIN OF PUBLICATIONS ON LATIN AMERICA, THE CARIBBEAN, PORTUGAL & SPAIN