{"product_id":"selected-poems-derek-walcott-9780374531119","title":"Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrawing from every stage of his career, this volume collects selected poems from Nobel Prize winner Derek Walcott's lifetime of work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWalcott's \u003ci\u003eSelected Poems \u003c\/i\u003ebrings together famous pieces from his early volumes, including \"A Far Cry from Africa\" and \"A City's Death by Fire,\" with passages from the celebrated \u003ci\u003eOmeros\u003c\/i\u003e and selections from his later major works, which extend his contributions to reenergizing the contemporary long poem. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere we find all of Walcott's essential themes, from grappling with the Caribbean's colonial legacy to his conflicted love of home and of Western literary tradition; from the wisdom-making pain of time and mortality to the strange wonder of love, the natural world, and what it means to be human. We see his lifelong labor at poetic crafts, his broadening of the possibilities of rhyme and meter, stanza forms, language, and metaphor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEdited and with an introduction by the Jamaican poet and critic Edward Baugh, this volume is a perfect representation of Walcott's breadth of work, spanning almost half a century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Derek Walcott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374531110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374531119\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/26\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/20\/2008 pg. 24","brand":"Derek Walcott","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051804881151,"sku":"9780374531119","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_46417061-a29c-441c-a916-71e57c63e6b1.jpg?v=1685015268","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/selected-poems-derek-walcott-9780374531119","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}