Through a Black Veil is an investigation of the diverse poetic manifestations of a sensibility that may be designated as “French Caribbean,” through close reading of a representative sample of poems. It gives English translations of all the poems, most of them for the first time, and thus introduces English-speaking readers to some of the major qualities, points of interest, and concerns of the French Caribbean through its poetry.

It is a response to the need for texts that focus on a body of literature long neglected by scholars and provides the necessary contextual and critical information for readers whose original versions, translations, and analysis makes it a unique contribution to this field. The book is a valuable tool in the classroom for students and teachers of Caribbean literature, Francophone literature, multicultural studies, African American studies, and modern poetry. It is also of enormous scholarly interest in its discussion of the contemporary challenge to develop alternative critical approaches.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
E.Anthony Hurley is Associate Dean of the Graduate School and Associate Professor of Africana Studies and French at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.