Derek Walcott
"Noble Laureate Derek Walcott is one of the Caribbean's most famous writers. His unique voice in poetry, drama and criticism is shaped by his position at the crossroads between Caribbean, British and American culture and by his interest in hybrid identities and diaspora. Edward Baugh's Derek Walcott analyses and evaluates Walcott's entire career over the last fifty years. This comprehensive survey is the most up-to-date guide available for students, scholars and readers of Walcott. Students of …
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- Full title :Derek Walcott / Edward Baugh.
Summary
"Noble Laureate Derek Walcott is one of the Caribbean's most famous writers. His unique voice in poetry, drama and criticism is shaped by his position at the crossroads between Caribbean, British and American culture and by his interest in hybrid identities and diaspora. Edward Baugh's Derek Walcott analyses and evaluates Walcott's entire career over the last fifty years. This comprehensive survey is the most up-to-date guide available for students, scholars and readers of Walcott. Students of Caribbean and postcolonial studies will find this a perfect introduction to this important writer."--Jacket.
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- Publication Date:2006.
- Edition:1st ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2006.
The Physical Object
- Description:xiv, 254 pages ; : 23 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780521553582, 052155358X
- oclc:ocm61253867
- LC Classification:PR9272.9.W3
- Dewey Decimal:811/.54
Table of Contents
1. Walcott, writing and the Caribbean : issues and directions -- 2. Connections and separations : form 25 Poems to The gulf -- 3. 'What a man is' : Dream on Monkey Mountain and other plays, the Haitian trilogy and Franklin -- 4. 'Is there that I born' : Another life, Sea grapes, The star-apple kingdom -- 5. The challenge of change : the dramatist after Dream -- 6. 'Here' and 'elsewhere', 'word' and 'world' : The fortunate traveller, Midsummer, The Arkansas testament -- 7. Narrative variations : Omeros, The odyssey, The bounty, Tiepolo's hound -- 8. Homecoming : The prodigal.
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