Collected Poems, 1948-1984
- ISBN-10
- 0374520259
- ISBN-13
- 9780374520250
- Category
- Poetry
- Pages
- 515
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1986
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Derek Walcott
Description
This retrospective collection includes most of the poems from each of the poet's previous books, as selected by the poet, and the complete text of "Another Life," a long narrative poem
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