Dream on Monkey Mountain by Derek Walcott | Resources

Dream on Monkey Mountain Further Reading

Colson, Theodore, "Derek Walcott's Plays: Outrage and Compassion," in World Literature Written in English, April, 1973, pp. 80-96.

This article discusses the importance of the plays
included in the volume Dream on Monkey Mountain
and Other Plays (1970).

Hamner, Robert D., "Mythological Aspects of Derek Walcott's Drama," in Ariel, July, 1977, pp. 35-58.

This essay looks at several of Walcott's plays, including
Dream on Monkey Mountain, through elements of
mythology.

Montengro, David, "An Interview with Derek Walcott," in Partisan Review, Spring, 1990, pp. 204-14.

In this interview, Walcott discusses his inspirations
and life as a writer.

Olaniyan, Tejumola, "Derek Walcott: Islands of History at a Rendezvous with a Muse," in Scars of Conquest/Masks of Resistance: The Invention of Cultural Identities in African, African-American, and Caribbean Drama, Oxford University Press, 1995, pp. 93-115.

This chapter considers Dream on Monkey Mountain
and other writings...
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