Washed by the Gulf Stream: The historic and geographic relation of Irish and Caribbean literature

• Main Author: Mcgarrity, Maria
• Other Authors: Zack Bowen - Committee Chair
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Scholarly Repository 2001
• Subjects: Literature; Comparative; Literature; Caribbean; Literature; English; Somerville; Walcott; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/dissertations/1753

This project examines the historic and geographic relation between Irish and Caribbean literature. It takes the definition of the Caribbean as a "meta-archipelago" from Antonio Benitez-Rojo and links this extensive and diverse length of islands with a seemingly monolithic culture at the op...