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Trinidad and Tobago literature has its roots in oral storytelling among African slaves, the European literary roots of the French creoles and in the religious and folk tales of the Indian indentured immigrants. It blossomed in the 20th century with the writings of C. L. R. James, V. S. Naipaul and Saint Lucian-born Derek Walcott as part of the growth of West Indian literature.

Origins

One of the earliest works in the Anglophone Caribbean literature was Jean-Baptiste Philippe's 1824 work, Free Mulatto.[1] Trinidadian Michel Maxwell Philip's 1854 work, Emmanuel Appadocca: A Tale of the Boucaneers, is sometimes referred to as the Anglophone Caribbean's first novel.[2]

Notable writers

For a more comprehensive list, see List of Trinidad and Tobago writers.

See also

References

  1. ^ Gerard Besson, "J.B. Philippe", The Caribbean History Archives, Paria Publishing Co. Ltd, 10 August 2011.
  2. ^ Tjon-a-Meeuw, Olivia. "An Oceanic Nation of Pirates in Emmanuel Appadocca or Blighted Life: A Tale of the Boucaneers" (PDF). Romance, Revolution, Reform (www.rrrjournal.com) (4). Retrieved 19 February 2025. In Emmanuel Appadocca or Blighted Life: A Tale of the Boucaneers (1854), sometimes called the first novel of the Anglophone Caribbean, Maxwell Philip has his eponymous protagonist revenge himself on the world as a pirate in the transnational space of the Caribbean.


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