Derek Walcott and the Creation of a Classical Caribbean

by Justine McConnell

Throughout his career, Derek Walcott turned to the literature and cultures of ancient Greece and Rome. His book-length poem recasting the epics of Homer, Virgil and Dante in St Lucia is best-known in this regard, yet Omeros is only the pinnacle of a lengthy and lively dialogue that Walcott developed between the ancient Mediterranean and the modern Caribbean. Derek Walcott and the Creation of a Classical Caribbean explores how, in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147429152X
• ISBN13: 9781474291521
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"