“All that Romantic Taxidermy”: Derek Walcott’s Caribbean Bestiary

This article examines the genre of the bestiary poem in the context of Derek Walcott’s work, using the theories of the French philosopher Michel Pêcheux to explore the ways in which the related concepts of identification, counter-identification and dis-identification interact in Walcott’s poetry to...

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1. Verfasser: Martiny, Erik
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Sprache:Anglais
Veröffentlicht: Commonwealth Essays and Studies 2021
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Zusammenfassung:This article examines the genre of the bestiary poem in the context of Derek Walcott’s work, using the theories of the French philosopher Michel Pêcheux to explore the ways in which the related concepts of identification, counter-identification and dis-identification interact in Walcott’s poetry to complex and sometimes ambiguous effect.