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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The View from Belmont tells two stories: one through the letters of a young English widow who takes over her husband's cocoa estate in Trinidad in 1823; the other through the responses of a group of contemporary Trinidadians who are reading the letters at the time of the 1990 Muslimeen attempted coup. Clara's letters present the insights of a perceptive, independent-minded and generous-spirited young woman, who is nevertheless wholly committed to the institution of slavery. The letters give a sharp sense of Trinidadian society in the process of formation, but at their heart is an account of Clara's relationships with those with whom she shares her life on the estate, in particular Kano, a 'loyal' slave who she takes to her bed. For the contemporary Trinidadians, the letters raise troubling questions about the nature of the national psyche, the absence of social consensus and the extent to which the history of that period still shapes the present. Is Clara a 'worthless white bitch - no different from any of them men who was screwing their slave women' or a sensible woman taking charge of her life and looking for companionship? This is a comic, painful and moving novel. Its presentation of the cruelties, violence and affections of everyday relations under slavery raise questions not only about the nature of Caribbean societies, but the nature of history and its interpretation.Novelist and poet Kevyn Arthur was born in Barbados in 1942. He has worked as a journalist and as a philosophy lecturer, and currently lives in Virginia. Set in 1823, the decade before the abolition of slavery, and told through a series of frank and racy letters, a historical romance which follows the intrigues of a young English widow who takes over the management of her husband's sugar estates in Trinidad, and her love affair with one of her slaves. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: New. The View from Belmont tells two stories: one through the letters of a young English widow who takes over her husband's cocoa estate in Trinidad in 1823; the other through the responses of a group of contemporary Trinidadians who are reading the letters at the time of the 1990 Muslimeen attempted coup. Clara's letters present the insights of a perceptive, independent-minded and generous-spirited young woman, who is nevertheless wholly committed to the institution of slavery. The letters give a sharp sense of Trinidadian society in the process of formation, but at their heart is an account of Clara's relationships with those with whom she shares her life on the estate, in particular Kano, a 'loyal' slave who she takes to her bed. For the contemporary Trinidadians, the letters raise troubling questions about the nature of the national psyche, the absence of social consensus and the extent to which the history of that period still shapes the present. Is Clara a 'worthless white bitch - no different from any of them men who was screwing their slave women' or a sensible woman taking charge of her life and looking for companionship? This is a comic, painful and moving novel. Its presentation of the cruelties, violence and affections of everyday relations under slavery raise questions not only about the nature of Caribbean societies, but the nature of history and its interpretation.Novelist and poet Kevyn Arthur was born in Barbados in 1942. He has worked as a journalist and as a philosophy lecturer, and currently lives in Virginia.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New. pp. 222.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. illustrated edition edition. 222 pages. 8.50x5.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: New. The View from Belmont tells two stories: one through the letters of a young English widow who takes over her husband's cocoa estate in Trinidad in 1823; the other through the responses of a group of contemporary Trinidadians who are reading the letters at the time of the 1990 Muslimeen attempted coup. Clara's letters present the insights of a perceptive, independent-minded and generous-spirited young woman, who is nevertheless wholly committed to the institution of slavery. The letters give a sharp sense of Trinidadian society in the process of formation, but at their heart is an account of Clara's relationships with those with whom she shares her life on the estate, in particular Kano, a 'loyal' slave who she takes to her bed. For the contemporary Trinidadians, the letters raise troubling questions about the nature of the national psyche, the absence of social consensus and the extent to which the history of that period still shapes the present. Is Clara a 'worthless white bitch - no different from any of them men who was screwing their slave women' or a sensible woman taking charge of her life and looking for companionship? This is a comic, painful and moving novel. Its presentation of the cruelties, violence and affections of everyday relations under slavery raise questions not only about the nature of Caribbean societies, but the nature of history and its interpretation.Novelist and poet Kevyn Arthur was born in Barbados in 1942. He has worked as a journalist and as a philosophy lecturer, and currently lives in Virginia.

Condition: New. pp. 222.

Condition: New. pp. 222.

Paperback. Condition: New.

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 300 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: New. It was natural in the first nationalist stage of Caribbean writing to suggest that it began from nothing. That was true in the sense that those who wrote in the twentieth century had little idea of what had gone before. Now, as Kevyn Arthur's investigation of 18th century Barbadian newspapers and journals reveals, there was, existing side by side with slavery, a lively and heterogeneous literary world that begins to explore what it meant to be Barbadian. By the mid 1750s Barbados boasted a Society of Arts, an English Society, a Music Society, and a Literary Society and two newspapers, Samuel Keimer's "Barbados Gazette" and "The Barbados Mercury" founded by Isaac Orderson in the 1750s. These newspapers contain much literary material. There are poems, satires, essays and letters in the style of the Spectator, and other materials that give a vivid picture of life at that time. It is, of course, a world seen from the perspective of the White slave-owning class, though there are tantalizing possibilities that at least some of those who wrote (much of the material is written under pen names) were of the free mulatto class. There are, for instance, the dialogues of Philo-Xylon on the legal rights of slaves, which are conceivably by a member of this group. Whilst much of the material draws on contemporary English models, though changed by transplantation to the Caribbean, there is 'Buddy Quou', probably the oldest (1787) extant poem in West Indian Creole. Volume 1 of Kevyn Arthur's rewarding collection of materials draws from the Barbados Samuel Keimer's miscellany, "Caribbeana", Volume 2 draws from the "Barbados Mercury" and the "Barbados Gazette". With an insightful introduction and a scholarly apparatus of explanatory notes, the two volumes of this collection gives an unrivalled view of eighteenth century Barbadian letters.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The View from Belmont tells two stories: one through the letters of a young English widow who takes over her husband's cocoa estate in Trinidad in 1823; the other through the responses of a group of contemporary Trinidadians who are reading the letters at the time of the 1990 Muslimeen attempted coup. Clara's letters present the insights of a perceptive, independent-minded and generous-spirited young woman, who is nevertheless wholly committed to the institution of slavery. The letters give a sharp sense of Trinidadian society in the process of formation, but at their heart is an account of Clara's relationships with those with whom she shares her life on the estate, in particular Kano, a 'loyal' slave who she takes to her bed. For the contemporary Trinidadians, the letters raise troubling questions about the nature of the national psyche, the absence of social consensus and the extent to which the history of that period still shapes the present. Is Clara a 'worthless white bitch - no different from any of them men who was screwing their slave women' or a sensible woman taking charge of her life and looking for companionship? This is a comic, painful and moving novel. Its presentation of the cruelties, violence and affections of everyday relations under slavery raise questions not only about the nature of Caribbean societies, but the nature of history and its interpretation.Novelist and poet Kevyn Arthur was born in Barbados in 1942. He has worked as a journalist and as a philosophy lecturer, and currently lives in Virginia. Set in 1823, the decade before the abolition of slavery, and told through a series of frank and racy letters, a historical romance which follows the intrigues of a young English widow who takes over the management of her husband's sugar estates in Trinidad, and her love affair with one of her slaves. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Paperback. Condition: New. The View from Belmont tells two stories: one through the letters of a young English widow who takes over her husband's cocoa estate in Trinidad in 1823; the other through the responses of a group of contemporary Trinidadians who are reading the letters at the time of the 1990 Muslimeen attempted coup. Clara's letters present the insights of a perceptive, independent-minded and generous-spirited young woman, who is nevertheless wholly committed to the institution of slavery. The letters give a sharp sense of Trinidadian society in the process of formation, but at their heart is an account of Clara's relationships with those with whom she shares her life on the estate, in particular Kano, a 'loyal' slave who she takes to her bed. For the contemporary Trinidadians, the letters raise troubling questions about the nature of the national psyche, the absence of social consensus and the extent to which the history of that period still shapes the present. Is Clara a 'worthless white bitch - no different from any of them men who was screwing their slave women' or a sensible woman taking charge of her life and looking for companionship? This is a comic, painful and moving novel. Its presentation of the cruelties, violence and affections of everyday relations under slavery raise questions not only about the nature of Caribbean societies, but the nature of history and its interpretation.Novelist and poet Kevyn Arthur was born in Barbados in 1942. He has worked as a journalist and as a philosophy lecturer, and currently lives in Virginia.

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Paperback. Condition: New. It was natural in the first nationalist stage of Caribbean writing to suggest that it began from nothing. That was true in the sense that those who wrote in the twentieth century had little idea of what had gone before. Now, as Kevyn Arthur's investigation of 18th century Barbadian newspapers and journals reveals, there was, existing side by side with slavery, a lively and heterogeneous literary world that begins to explore what it meant to be Barbadian. By the mid 1750s Barbados boasted a Society of Arts, an English Society, a Music Society, and a Literary Society and two newspapers, Samuel Keimer's "Barbados Gazette" and "The Barbados Mercury" founded by Isaac Orderson in the 1750s. These newspapers contain much literary material. There are poems, satires, essays and letters in the style of the Spectator, and other materials that give a vivid picture of life at that time. It is, of course, a world seen from the perspective of the White slave-owning class, though there are tantalizing possibilities that at least some of those who wrote (much of the material is written under pen names) were of the free mulatto class. There are, for instance, the dialogues of Philo-Xylon on the legal rights of slaves, which are conceivably by a member of this group. Whilst much of the material draws on contemporary English models, though changed by transplantation to the Caribbean, there is 'Buddy Quou', probably the oldest (1787) extant poem in West Indian Creole. Volume 1 of Kevyn Arthur's rewarding collection of materials draws from the Barbados Samuel Keimer's miscellany, "Caribbeana", Volume 2 draws from the "Barbados Mercury" and the "Barbados Gazette". With an insightful introduction and a scholarly apparatus of explanatory notes, the two volumes of this collection gives an unrivalled view of eighteenth century Barbadian letters.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The View from Belmont tells two stories: one through the letters of a young English widow who takes over her husband's cocoa estate in Trinidad in 1823; the other through the responses of a group of contemporary Trinidadians who are reading the letters at the time of the 1990 Muslimeen black power revolt. Clara's letters present the insights of a perceptive, independent-minded and generous-spirited young woman, who is nevertheless wholly committed to the institution of slavery. The letters give a sharp sense of Trinidadian society in the process of formation, but at their heart is an account of Clara's relationships with those with whom she shares her life on the estate, in particular Kano, a 'loyal' slave who she takes to her bed. For the contemporary Trinidadians, the letters raise troubling questions about the nature of the national psyche, the absence of social consensus and the extent to which the history of that period still shapes the present. This is a comic, painful and moving novel. Its presentation of the cruelties, violence and affections of everyday relations under slavery raise questions not only about the nature of Caribbean societies, but the nature of history and its interpretation.

Paperback. Condition: New. The View from Belmont tells two stories: one through the letters of a young English widow who takes over her husband's cocoa estate in Trinidad in 1823; the other through the responses of a group of contemporary Trinidadians who are reading the letters at the time of the 1990 Muslimeen attempted coup. Clara's letters present the insights of a perceptive, independent-minded and generous-spirited young woman, who is nevertheless wholly committed to the institution of slavery. The letters give a sharp sense of Trinidadian society in the process of formation, but at their heart is an account of Clara's relationships with those with whom she shares her life on the estate, in particular Kano, a 'loyal' slave who she takes to her bed. For the contemporary Trinidadians, the letters raise troubling questions about the nature of the national psyche, the absence of social consensus and the extent to which the history of that period still shapes the present. Is Clara a 'worthless white bitch - no different from any of them men who was screwing their slave women' or a sensible woman taking charge of her life and looking for companionship? This is a comic, painful and moving novel. Its presentation of the cruelties, violence and affections of everyday relations under slavery raise questions not only about the nature of Caribbean societies, but the nature of history and its interpretation.Novelist and poet Kevyn Arthur was born in Barbados in 1942. He has worked as a journalist and as a philosophy lecturer, and currently lives in Virginia.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. iv, 396 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm. with owner's stamp.