Home›Postcolonial and Global Movements›Dominant GenreBrowse ByDominant GenreFactsDominant GenreSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1950 1Dominant GenreFilter Results1 entryPeriodAll1888 to 1920 (1)1915 to 1940 (1)Place of OriginAllChina (1)India (1)Influenced ByAllModernism (1)Parnassianism (1)Romanticism (1)Symbolism (1)Defining TraitAllForm and Technique (1)Show ResultsPoetryDominant Genre3 entriesSources1. Postcolonial Literature (Wikipedia)tier 2Postcolonial literature, West Indies naming sectionQuote, Postcolonial literature, West Indies naming sectionThe term West Indies first began to achieve wide currency in the 1950s, when writers such as Samuel Selvon, John Hearne, Edgar Mittelholzer, V.S. Naipaul, and George Lamming began to be published in the United Kingdom.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.