Collected Poems, 1948-1984 (Identities and Issues in Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Derek Walcott
- First Published: 1986
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: Culture, History, Language or languages, Memory, Traveling or travelers, Caribbean, Colonialism, Colonies or colonization, Self, Exile or expatriates, Developing countries, Islands, Home, Castaways, Separation
The Work
Collected Poems, 1948-1984 is a selection of 132 poems from nine of Derek Walcott’s books: In a Green Night: Poems 1948-1960 (1962), Selected Poems (1964), The Castaway and Other Poems (1965), The Gulf and Other Poems (1970), Another Life (1973), Sea Grapes (1976), The Star-Apple Kingdom (1979), The Fortunate Traveller (1981), and Midsummer (1984).
To establish his poetic voice, Walcott began using the lens of classical myth along with European and African influences. The book’s images of...
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