Ideologies of Epic: Nation, Empire and Victorian Epic Poetry - Tapa dura

'An excellent book, a very readable biography of a fascinating woman who led a varied and in many ways an exciting life. Thoroughly researched and well documented, this is a major event in the field of Caribbean cultural studies.' Dr Stewart Brown, University of Birmingham

This is an original, full length biography of Britain's first twentieth-century black feminist - Una Marson - poet, playwright, and social activist and BBC broadcaster. Una Marson is recognised today as the first major woman poet of the Caribbean and as a significant forerunner of contemporary black writers; her story throws light on the problems facing politicised black artists. In challenging definitions of 'race' and 'gender' in her political and creative work, she forged a valiant path for later black feminists. Her enormous social and cultural contributions to the Caribbean and Britain have, until now, remained hidden in archives and memoirs around the world.