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Conversations with Derek Walcott
Contributor(s): Baer, William (Editor), Walcott, Derek (Author)

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 ISBN: 0878058559     ISBN-13: 9780878058556
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
OUR PRICE: $31.50  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: April 1996
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Annotation: Collections of interviews with notable modern writers

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures
- Literary Criticism | Poetry
- Literary Criticism | American - African American
Dewey: 811
LCCN: 95044262
Series: Literary Conversations
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.1" W x 9.06" L (0.77 lbs) 228 pages
Features: Index
 
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Publisher Description:
When Derek Walcott was awarded the Nobel Prize, he was cited for a poetic oeuvre of great luminosity, sustained by a historical vision, the outcome of a multicultural commitment. The lively interviews in this collection reveal Walcott's generous and brilliant intelligence as well as his strong, forthright opinions. He discusses the craft of poetry, the status of contemporary poetry and drama, his founding of the Trinidad Theatre Workshop, and his views on a number of influential writers, including Eliot, Auden, Brodsky, Heaney, and Naipaul.

Boldly speaking his mind, Walcott takes many controversial positions on a wide range of subjects, such as Caribbean and U.S. politics, literary instruction in American universities, the proper role of sound in modern poetry, and the ego apparent in contemporary American poetry, and problems of race. Whatever the subject, Walcott responds fully and candidly.
 
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