Abandoning dead metaphors
Subtitle: the Caribbean phase of Derek Walcott's poetry
By: Patricia Ismond
Publisher: University of the West Indies Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Kingston, Jamaica
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
Subjects: Walcott, Derek -- Criticism and interpretation; West Indies -- In literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-303) and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the Caribbean focus; title: Apprenticeship : juvenilia to In a green night; title: Abandoning dead metaphors : The castaway and The gulf; title: Revolutionary creed, race, politics and society; title: Another life : alter/native metaphors in fulfilment; title: Society and nationhood in the Caribbean : towards another life