The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948¿2013 av Derek Walcott Estate

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<p><i>The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948¿2013 </i>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 <i>The Star-Apple Kingdom</i>; and his late masterpieces, like the tender ''Sixty Years After'', from the 2010 collection <i>White Egrets</i>.<br><br> Across sixty-five years, Walcott has grappled 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; the trauma of growing old, of losing friends, family, one''s own memory. This collection, selected by Walcott''s friend the poet Glyn Maxwell, will prove as enduri