内容简介
Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott is one of the Caribbean's most famous writers. His unique voice is shaped by his position at the crossroads between Caribbean, British and American culture. This is the most up-to-date guide available for students, scholars and readers of Walcott and of Caribbean and postcolonial studies.
目 录
Acknowledgements
Chronology
List of abbreviations
1 Walcott, writing and the Caribbean: issues and directions
2 Connections and separations: from 25 Poems to The Gulf
3 'What a man is': Dream on Monkey Mountain and Other Plays, The Haitian Trilogy and Franklin
4 'Is there that I born': Another Life, Sea Grapes, The Star-Apple Kingdom
5 The challenge of change: the dramatist after Dream
6 'Here' and 'Elsewhere', 'Word' and 'World': The Fortunate Traveller, Midsummer, The Arkansas Testament
7 Narrative variations: Omeros, The Odyssey, The Bounty, Tiepolo's Hound
8 Homecoming: The Prodigal
Notes
Select bibliography
Index