▁the ▁Summer ▁Is les ▁( 1 6 2 4 ), ▁and ▁Edmund ▁W aller ' s ▁poem , ▁Battle ▁of ▁the ▁Summer ▁Islands ▁( 1 6 4 5 ). ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁a ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁books ▁were ▁written ▁and ▁published ▁locally , ▁though ▁few ▁were ▁aim ed ▁at ▁a ▁wider ▁market ▁than ▁B erm uda ▁( most ▁of ▁these ▁being ▁scholar ly ▁reference ▁books , ▁rather ▁than ▁cre ative ▁writing ). ▁One ▁B erm ud ian ▁novel ist , ▁Brian ▁Bur land , ▁has ▁achieved ▁a ▁degree ▁of ▁success ▁and ▁acc laim ▁intern ation ally , ▁although ▁the ▁first ▁( and ▁und ou bt edly ▁the ▁most ▁important , ▁histor ically ) ▁notable ▁book ▁cred ited ▁to ▁a ▁B erm ud ian ▁was ▁the ▁History ▁of ▁Mary ▁Prince , ▁a ▁slave ▁narr ative ▁by ▁a ▁B erm ud ian ▁woman , ▁Mary ▁Prince , ▁which ▁helped ▁to ▁end ▁sla very ▁in ▁the ▁British ▁Empire . ▁B erm uda ' s ▁proxim ity ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁means ▁that ▁many ▁aspects ▁of ▁US ▁culture ▁are ▁reflected ▁or ▁incorpor ated ▁into ▁B erm ud ian ▁culture . ▁Many ▁non - B erm ud ian ▁writers ▁have ▁also ▁made ▁B erm uda ▁their ▁home , ▁or ▁have ▁had ▁homes ▁there , ▁including ▁A . J . ▁C ron in ▁and ▁F . ▁Van ▁Wy ck ▁Mason , ▁who ▁wrote ▁on ▁B erm ud ian ▁subjects . ▁ ▁Music ▁ ▁A ▁traditional ▁form ▁of ▁music ▁and ▁dance ▁is ▁known ▁as ▁The