Abandoning dead metaphors the Caribbean phase of Derek Walcott's poetry - Ismond, Patricia (University of the West Indies Press, 2001)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-303) and index
Introduction : the Caribbean focus -- Apprenticeship : juvenilia to In a green night -- Abandoning dead metaphors : The castaway and The gulf -- Revolutionary creed, race, politics and society -- Another life : alter/native metaphors in fulfilment -- Society and nationhood in the Caribbean : towards another life