Caribbean Writers

The title of this section, 'Caribbean Writers', itself encapsulates one of the fundamental concerns of the authors that can be included beneath the subheading: identity. If we were to ask, 'What is a Caribbean Writer?', we might think that the simple response, 'A writer from the Caribbean', would suffice. But there are two aspects of this statement that must be unraveled and complicated before a fuller understanding of these authors' literary writings and thematic preoccupations can be attained. One is geographical, the other historical.