Derek Walcott (Contemporary World Writers) - Softcover

Thieme, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0719042062 ISBN 13: 9780719042065

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 1999

Synopsis

This book provides a unique account of Walcott's development as a writer in addition to being the fullest study of his poetry and plays to date. Discusses all his major works and includes information on his out-of-print and unpublished plays along with . -- .

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Review:

Derek Walcott is a perceptive and revealing critical introduction to one of the world's greatest living poets. "The Charleston Daily News"

Synopsis:

John Thieme provides a comprehensive study of Derek Walcott's writing from its beginning in the 1940s to his most recent work. Walcott's poetry and drama are set against the background of various contexts and intertexts - Caribbean, European and other - which have shaped him as a writer. The book contains a broad overview of Walcott's career for students and readers coming to the work of the 1992 Nobel Laureate for the first time. It also offers a re-reading of his writing, which particularly emphasises strategies he has used to dismantle Manichean models of culture and society and his focus is on a travelling Odyssean protagonist who transgresses binary geographical divisions. Walcott's unpublished and out-of-print drama is discussed along with better-known plays such as "Dream on Monkey Mountain", "The Joker of Seville" and "Pantomime"; and the study incudes close readings of some of his best-known poems.

About this edition

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0719042062
• ISBN 13: 9780719042065
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272