Aime Cesaire and Derek Walcott
Jason Allen offers a comparative discussion of two important Caribbean poets and playwrights, Aime Cesaire and Derek Walcott, to emphasize the impact of Caribbean literature upon the postcolonial world.
By using biographical and historical detail to support his analysis of some of Cesaire and Walcott's key texts, Allen offers insight into what it means to be a Caribbean writer - looking back to a colonial past, and forward to a global future.
Date Published:
24 August 2012
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Contributors:
Dominic Davies, Jason Allen-Paisant
In Collection(s):
Derek Walcott, Contemporary Writers, Caribbean Writers
Keywords:
caribbean, Plays, poetry, Derek Walcott, Aime Cesaire, #greatwriters, postcolonial, hybridity
Cite:
Aime Cesaire and Derek Walcott by Derek Walcott at https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ via https://dev.writersinspire.it.ox.ac.uk/content/aime-cesaire-derek-walcott. Published on 24 August 2012. Accessed on 14 May 2026.
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