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 ensemble is a previously unpublished essay in which Walcott's reflections on poetics illuminate his project in ong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