{"product_id":"the-poetry-of-derek-walcott-1948-2013-paperback","title":"The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDerek Walcott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGlyn Maxwell\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection spanning the whole of Derek Walcott's celebrated, inimitable, essential career \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe gives us more than himself or 'a world'; he gives us a sense of infinity embodied in the language. Alongside Joseph Brodsky's words of praise one might mention the more concrete honors that the renowned poet Derek Walcott has received: a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship; the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry; the Nobel Prize in Literature.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948\u003c\/i\u003e-\u003ci\u003e2013\u003c\/i\u003e draws from every stage of the poet's storied career. Here are examples of his very earliest work, like In My Eighteenth Year, published when the poet himself was still a teenager; his first widely celebrated verse, like A Far Cry from Africa, which speaks of violence, of loyalties divided in one's very blood; his mature work, like The Schooner Flight from \u003ci\u003eThe Star-Apple Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e; and his late masterpieces, like the tender Sixty Years After, from the 2010 collection \u003ci\u003eWhite Egrets.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eAcross sixty-five years, Walcott grapples with the themes that have defined his work as they have defined his life: the unsolvable riddle of identity; the painful legacy of colonialism on his native Caribbean island of St. Lucia; the mysteries of faith and love and the natural world; the Western canon, celebrated and problematic; the trauma of growing old, of losing friends, family, one's own memory. This collection, selected by Walcott's friend the English poet Glyn Maxwell, will prove as enduring as the questions, the passions, that have driven Walcott to write for more than half a century.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDerek Walcott (1930-2017)\u003c\/b\u003e was born in St. Lucia, the West Indies, in 1930. His \u003ci\u003eCollected Poems: 1948-1984\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1986, and his subsequent works include a book-length poem, \u003ci\u003eOmeros \u003c\/i\u003e(1990); a collection of verse, \u003ci\u003eThe Bounty\u003c\/i\u003e (1997); and, in an edition illustrated with his own paintings, the long poem \u003ci\u003eTiepolo's Hound\u003c\/i\u003e (2000). His numerous plays include \u003ci\u003eThe Haitian Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e (2001) and \u003ci\u003eWalker and The Ghost Dance\u003c\/i\u003e (2002). Walcott received the Queen's Medal for Poetry in 1988 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGlyn Maxwell\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Welwyn Garden City, England. He is the author of several collections of poems, has staged several plays in London and New York, and was the poetry editor of \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e from 2001 to 2007. He lives in London.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 640\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.9 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 05, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47384861933746,"sku":"9780374537579","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/752e166a4eb80803b76f646499500e9a.webp?v=1777895857","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-poetry-of-derek-walcott-1948-2013-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}