SOURCE: "The Theme of Madness in the Plays of Derek Walcott," in CLA Journal, Vol. XXXII, No. 2, December, 1988, pp. 148-69.
In the essay below, Peters analyzes Walcott's depiction of madness in his characters as a response to the clash between European, African, and New World cultures.
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