Notes on Short Stories:
To Da-duh, in Memoriam (Further Reading)
Contents: IntroductionPlot Summary Characters Themes Style Critical Overview Criticism Sources |
Further Reading
- Beckles, Hilary McDonald, A History of Barbados: From Amerindian Settlement to Nation-State, Cambridge University Press, 1990.
Beckle’s comprehensive history emphasizes the struggle for social equality, civil rights, and economic improvement that have marked the island’s past.
- Chamberlain, Mary, Narratives of Exile and Return, Palgrave, 1997.
Chamberlain bases her social history of emigration from Barbados on interviews across multiple generations of Barbadian families.
- Coser, Stalamaris, Bridging the Americas: The Literature of Paule Marshall, Toni Morrison, and Gayl Jones, Temple University Press, 1995.
Coser’s work evaluates the similarities between these three important African-American writers.
- Denniston, Dorothy Hamer, The Fiction of Paule Marshall: Reconstructions of History, Culture, and Gender, University of Tennessee Press, 1995.
Hamer’s study examines Marshall’s writings as they represent the author’s background and experiences.
- Labrucherie, Roger A., Barbados, A World Apart, Imagenes Press, 1995.
Photojournalist Labrucherie presents the world of Barbados, including its history, culture, people, and wildlife, through his photographs and essays.
- Pettis, Joyce, “A MELUS Interview: Paule Marshall,” in MELUS, Vol. 17, Issue 4, Winter 1991 – 1992, p. 117.
The interview focuses on the role of the Caribbean in Marshall’s writing and examines characters who appear in her books.
