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 ensemble is a previously unpublished essay in which Walcott's ong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