The Poetics of Derek Walcott: Intertextual Perspectives
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Davis, Gregson, PUBLISHER: Duke University Press, ong>ong>Theong>ong> essays ong>collectedong> in this issue offer complementary critical perspectives on ong>ong>theong>ong> mature lyric work of Derek Walcott, ong>ong>theong>ong> acclaimed Nobel laureate from ong>ong>theong>ong> Caribbean island of St. Lucia. ong>ong>Theong>ong> centerpiece of ong>ong>theong>ong> ensemble is a previously unpublished essay in which Walcott's reflections on poetics illuminate his project in ong>ong>theong>ong> masterpiece, "Omeros." Oong>ong>theong>ong>r contributions by literary scholars in North America and ong>ong>theong>ong> Caribbean focus on fundamental dimensions of Walcott's craft and on such ong>ong>theong>ong>matic preoccupations as ong>ong>theong>ong> intersection of pictorial and verbal modes of representation, ong>ong>theong>ong> deployment of nuanced intertextual strategies (especially in relation to ong>ong>theong>ong> Greco-Roman canon), ong>ong>theong>ong> invention of a viable artistic identity in a postcolonial intercultural milieu, and ong>ong>theong>ong> psychosocial modeling of ong>ong>theong>ong> process of literary apprenticeship. "Contributors. "Edward Baugh, Peter Burian, Gregson Davis, Carol Dougherty, Joseph Farrell, Judith Harris, Timothy Hofmeister, Derek Walcott