Biography EssayBy the time In a Green Night first made its modest international appearance in 1962, Derek Walcott had already gained preeminence as a poet and playwright in the West Indies. Over the...
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Nobel Prize winning poet and dramatist from the West Indies, Derek Alton Walcott (born 1930) used a synthesis of Caribbean dialects and English to explore the richness and conflicts of the complex cul...
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For some forty years Derek Walcott has been the preeminent poet and playwright of the West Indies. In spite of his international awards (including an O.B.E. in 1972) and the accolades of such peers as...
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In the following essay, Ramazani examines Walcott's metaphorical treatment of New World African slavery and postcolonial Caribbean suffering in Omeros, as signified by Walcott's evocatio...
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In the following review, Lucas evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of Walcott's Omeros.
Omeros begins with Philoctete, an islander of St Lucia, being photographed by tourists who “...
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In the following excerpt, Everett compliments the “rich texture” of the verse in Omeros.
During the 18th and 19th centuries verse surrendered its longer discursive and narrative forms...
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In the following review of Omeros, Birkerts praises Walcott's poetic genius, but finds serious shortcomings in the work's overly ambitious epic design.
When Derek Walcott published hi...
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For five years, Omero Carrillo worked on his old home, studying period decor, painting and refinishing floors, only to see the tornado that leveled most of this town reduce it to rubble in a moment...
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The tropical weather season revved up Thursday as the Atlantic's first hurricane formed and quickly strengthened, and as Tropical Storm Erin's remnants soaked rain-weary Texas, snarling rush-hour t...
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Derek Alton Walcott
Derek (Alton) Walcott
Critical Essay by Jahan Ramazani
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