Here and Elsewhere: Essay on Caribbean Literature

"The unevenly clustered historical conditions of the Caribbean nations bind us to the revival and redefinition of the ideals of unification begotten by 19th Century Puerto Rican thinkers. Coleccion Caribena is intended to build connection points that will enable the exchange of ideas, languages and forms. In doing so this collection will reflect the plural character of the region while publishing a comprehensive sample of works in various fields-Literature, Social Sciences, Literary Criticism, History-and, hopefully in various languages. Through the twenty essays included in this text we can attest to G. Guinness' stature as an intelligent, innovative and especially graceful critic as he presents topics which might have seemed stale news in the hands of any other commentator."