Diligent rereading of “Selected Poems” might reveal an arc of development in Derek Walcott’s writing, but it would be a subtle one. Poems written 60 years ago, while the 1992 Nobel Prize winner was ...

Romanticism was a wave of literary expression that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century. Characterized by its emphasis on emotional and spiritual values as well as its deep ...

AMONG the great poets Wordsworth stands out pre-eminently as the one it is most easy to — laugh at, and sometimes the most difficult not to find dull. The forced extravagance of Shakespeare at his ...