The daughters of Williams, Charlotte Williams (social justice, Keele U., UK) and Evelyn Williams, a painter and former teacher of art and design, compile 14 new and previously published essays
on the work of painter, teacher, novelist, art theorist, and archaeologist Denis Williams, one of the founding fathers of modern Guyana. Scholars of African studies, telecommunications, art,
literature, and English, and artists and writers in the UK, US, and the Caribbean, analyze aspects of his artistic, academic, and literary work, commenting on the connections between his life
and work and representations of the changing nature of the Caribbean condition. Including an overview of his life, the essays consider how he saw himself as a painter, phases of his artworks,
his self-portraits, reception and public recognition of his work, and themes of identity, migration, and postcolonial reconstruction. They consider the experimental aspects of his literary
work, and how it mirrors his art, including Other Leopards, The Third Temptation, "A Long Long Pause," and The Sperm of God. They also discuss his African art research study Icon and Image, his
exploration Prehistoric Guiana, and the contributions of his archaeological research to Guyana's history. There is no index. Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
