Derek Walcott CD

1964. Introduced by Robert Lowell.

This reading offers a careful selection of poems from In a Green Night, the book that prompted Robert Graves to say that "Derek Walcott handles English with a closer understanding of its inner magic than most (if not any) of his Englishborn contemporaries."

This is a historic recording, with Walcott captured at the outset of his career. His status as one of our contemporary masters was confirmed in 1992 when he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Length: 57 min.

Track List

1. Introduction by Robert Lowell
2. Introduction to "A Far Cry from Africa"
3. A Far Cry from Africa
4. Introduction to "Ruins of a Great House"
5. Ruins of a Great House
6. Introduction to "Tales of the Islands"
7. Chapter I
8. Chapter II
9. Chapter III
10. Introduction to "Chapter VI"
11. Chapter VI
12. Introduction to "Chapter IX"
13. Chapter IX
14. Introduction to Parang
15. Parang
16. A Lesson for This Sunday
17. Introduction to "A Sea-Chantey"
18. A Sea-Chantey
19. Introduction to "Origins"
20. I
21. II
22. III
23. IV
24. V
25. VI
26. VII
27. Introduction to "Castaway"
28. Castaway
29. Tarpon
30. The Glory Trumpeter