Derek Walcott

A comprehensive overview and critical analysis of the Nobel Laureate's fifty-year career.

Autorentext
Edward Baugh is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of the West Indies.

Zusammenfassung
Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott is one of the Caribbean's most famous writers. His unique voice is shaped by his position at the crossroads between Caribbean, British and American culture. This guide will interest students, scholars and readers of Walcott and of Caribbean and postcolonial studies.

Inhalt
Chronology; 1. Walcott, writing and the Caribbean: issues and directions; 2. Connections and separations: from 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; Select bibliography; Index.

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