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White Egrets: Poems (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780374532703)
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xA DAZZLING NEW COLLECTION FROM ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT POETS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
In White Egrets, Derek Walcott treats the characteristic subjects of his career--the Caribbean's complex colonial legacy, his love of the Western literary tradition, the wisdom that comes through the passing of time, the always strange joys of new love, and the sometimes terrifying beauty of the natural world--with an intensity and drive that recall his greatest work. Through the mesmerizing repetition of theme and imagery, Walcott creates an almost surflike cadence, broadening the possibilities of rhyme and meter, poetic form and language. White Egrets is a moving new collection from one of the most important poets of the twentieth century--a celebration of the life and language of the West Indies. It is also a triumphant paean to beauty, love, art, and--perhaps most surprisingly--getting older.Author: Derek Walcott
ISBN-10: 0374532702
ISBN-13: 9780374532703
Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
Language: English
Published: 03/15/2011
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.40w x 0.30d
Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 04/24/2011 pg. 24
New Yorker (The) 02/03/2014 pg. 75
By Derek Walcott
xDerek Walcott (1930-2017) was born in St. Lucia, the West Indies, in 1930. His Collected Poems: 1948-1984 was published in 1986, and his subsequent works include a book-length poem, Omeros (1990); a collection of verse, The Bounty (1997); and, in an edition illustrated with his own paintings, the long poem Tiepolo's Hound (2000). His numerous plays include The Haitian Trilogy (2001) and Walker and The Ghost Dance (2002). Walcott received the Queen's Medal for Poetry in 1988 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992.
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