White Egrets: Poems by Derek Walcott

White Egrets: Poems

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White Egrets: Poems by Derek Walcott

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

White Egrets: Poems

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A 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.
Book Details
Publisher:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN:
9780374532703
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
96
Authors:
Derek Walcott
Published Date:
2011-03-15
Language:
English
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About Derek Walcott

Derek Walcott (1930–2017) was a poet and playwright born in Castries, Saint Lucia. His epic poem Omeros (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1990), written largely in terza rima, transposes Homeric figures to a Caribbean setting. He founded the Trinidad Theatre Workshop and taught for many years at Boston University. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992. He also won the T.S. Eliot Prize in 2011 for White Egrets.

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