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9780719042058

Derek Walcott

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  • ISBN13:

    9780719042058

  • ISBN10:

    0719042054

  • Format: Trade Book
  • Copyright: 1999-07-02
  • Publisher: Manchester University Press
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Summary

John Thieme here provides a comprehensive study of Derek Walcott's writing from its beginnings 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--that 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.

Author Biography

John Thieme is Professor of English at South Bank University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ix
Series Editor's Foreword xi
List of Abbreviations
xii
Chronology xiii
Contexts and intertexts
1(23)
Finding a voice
24(18)
Founding a West Indian theatre
42(35)
The poet as castaway
77(24)
Renegotiating roles
101(50)
Odysseys
151(47)
Critical overview and conclusion
198(8)
Notes 206(30)
Select Bibliography 236(9)
Index 245

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