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Abandoning Dead Metaphors: The Caribbean Phase of Derek Walcott's Poetry
Ismond, Patricia (Senior Lecturer in English, University of the West Indies, Augustine, Trinidad)
Abandoning Dead Metaphors: The Caribbean Phase of Derek Walcott's Poetry
Ismond, Patricia (Senior Lecturer in English, University of the West Indies, Augustine, Trinidad)
A critical appreciation of the work of Derek Walcott's Caribbean phase (1946-81). It examines Walcott's use of metaphor, by which he focuses on the juxtaposition of his concern with a regional history of negation and his immersion in the Western literary and cultural tradition of the colonizer.
356 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | January 30, 2002 |
ISBN13 | 9789766401078 |
Publishers | University of the West Indies Press |
Pages | 356 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 23 mm · 480 g |