Caribbean Literature Now Online
To support the growing scholarly interest in writing from the Caribbean region, the Library has acquired online access to Caribbean Literature, a searchable, full-text database of fiction, poetry, manuscripts, archival content, interviews, photographs, and other material extending from the 19th century to the present day, embracing the writing of early figures such as Ardouin Coriolan and Agustín Acosta through that of contemporaries Derek Walcott and Edwidge Danticat. Much of this work is difficult to find in any form and was obtained from archives, licensed from local publishing houses, and in some cases provided by the authors themselves. The collection is multi-lingual, including works in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, and various Creole languages. Complementing the writings themselves are author interviews, language dictionaries (such as Rastafari Lexicon and Dictionnaire des Néologismes Créoles), as well as other reference resources. As the focus of literary studies expands and deepens, Caribbean Literature will offer new possibilities for research, teaching, and learning at Cornell.
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