"An important contribution to the study of Walcott's poetry and plays."--Modernism/modernity

"Walcott, Burnett] says, has assimilated western tradition to his own project, using it to create a new plural world of open-ended possibilities. . . . A book that should be of interest to any student of Walcott's literature."--Times Higher Education Supplement

"This ambitious book takes in the full corpus of Walcott--plays, essays, interviews, etc., as well as the poetry--and argues the essential unity of his (humanistic) vision."--Wasafiri

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