I and I: Epitaphs for the Self Work of V.S. Naipaul, Kamau Brathwaite Derek Walcott

The elegant close readings Rhonda Cobham-Sander offers here from Naipaul’s , Brathwaite’s and Walcott’s demonstrate how the project of writing one’s critical epitaph becomes an overriding thematic concern as well as an important source of stylistic innovation in the work of all three writers. From personal testimony, to analytic insight, to theoretical interventions, her essays explore and celebrate the unique relationship the three writers forged with each other and with their Caribbean readers over the course of their careers.