Dream on Monkey Mountain and Other Plays

Dream on Monkey Mountain and Other Plays
Author :
Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 341
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780374508609
ISBN-13 : 0374508607
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis Dream on Monkey Mountain and Other Plays by : Derek Walcott

Original publication and copyright date: 1970.

Sea Grapes

Sea Grapes
Author :
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages : 93
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781466880443
ISBN-13 : 1466880449
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis Sea Grapes by : Derek Walcott

Derek Walcott was aptly described by Laurence Liberman in The Yale Review as "one of the handful of brilliant historic mythologists of our day." Sea Grapes deepens with this major poet's search for true images of the post-Adamic "new world"--especially those of his native Caribbean culture. Walcott's rich and vital naming of the forms of island life is complemented by poems set in America and England, by inward-turning meditations, and by invocations of other poets--Osip Mandelstam, Walt Whitman, Frank O'Hara, James Wright, and Pablo Neruda. On the publication of Selected Poems in 1963, Robert Graves wrote, "Derek Walcott handles English with a closer understanding of its inner magic than most (if not any) of his English-born contemporaries." This collection of new poems in every way confirms Walcott's mastery. He is also the author of The Gulf, Dream on Monkey Mountain and Other Plays, and Another Life.

Dream on Monkey Mountain and Other Plays

Dream on Monkey Mountain and Other Plays
Author :
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages : 294
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781466880337
ISBN-13 : 1466880333
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis Dream on Monkey Mountain and Other Plays by : Derek Walcott

On a Caribbean island, the morning after a full moon, Felix Hobain tears through the market in a drunken rage. Taken away to sober up in jail, all that night he is gripped by hallucinations: the impoverished hermit believes he has become a healer, walking from village to village, tending to the sick, waiting for a sign from God. In this dream, his one companion, Moustique, wants to exploit his power. Moustique decides to impersonate a prophet himself, ignoring a coffin-maker who warns him he will die and enraging the people of the island. Hobain, half-awake in his desolate jail cell, terrorized by the specter of his friend's corruption, clings to his visionary quest. He will try to transform himself; to heal Moustique, his jailer, and his jail-mates; and to be a leader for his people. Dream on Monkey Mountain was awarded the 1971 Obie Award for a Distinguished Foreign Play when it was first presented in New York, and Edith Oliver, writing in The New Yorker, called it "a masterpiece." Three of Derek's Walcott's most popular short plays are also included in this volume: Ti-Jean and His Brothers; Malcochon, or The Six in the Rain; and The Sea at Dauphin. In an expansive introductory essay, "What the Twilight Says," the playwright explains his founding of the seminal dramatic company where these works were first performed, the Trinidad Theatre Workshop. First published in 1970, Dream on Monkey Mountain and Other Plays is an essential part of Walcott's vast and important body of work.

Essential Prosperity

Essential Prosperity
Author :
Publisher : St. Martin's Essentials
Total Pages : 759
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781250845269
ISBN-13 : 1250845262
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis Essential Prosperity by : Napoleon Hill

The ultimate collection of books for life-changing success It’s time to stop living your life on the margins and claim the financial success you deserve. Essential Prosperity is a treasury of wisdom that will empower you to move from a life of want—defined by debt, fear, and missed possibilities—to one of true success. You have the power and potential to create the life of abundance you’ve always imagined and Essential Prosperity will show you how. Essential Prosperity includes fourteen life changing books from the thought leaders and teachers whose work has changed the world, including: - The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason - Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill - Power of Your Subconscious Mind by Joseph Murphy - As a Man Thinketh by James Allen - Science of Getting Rich by Wallace Wattles - The Game of Life by Florence Scovel Shinn - The Golden Key by Emmet Fox - The Go-Getter by Peter B. Kyne - How to Live on 24 Hours a Day by Arnold Bennett - Acres of Diamonds by Russell Conwell - Creative Mind and Success by Ernest Holmes - The Secret of Success by William Walker Atkinson - The Life Power and How to Use It by Elizabeth Towne - Prosperity by Annie Rix Militz These experts speak from every background—from self-help and spirituality to finance and business—each of them sharing the secrets to building life changing wealth and prosperity.

Literature and Culture in the Black Atlantic

Literature and Culture in the Black Atlantic
Author :
Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 204
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781137056139
ISBN-13 : 1137056134
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis Literature and Culture in the Black Atlantic by : K. Campbell

This book extends our understanding of the black Atlantic, a term coined by Paul Gilroy to describe the political, cultural and creative interrelations among blacks living in Africa, the Americas and Europe. This study focuses on pre-colonial English literary constructions and their effects on post-Independence Caribbean literature.

Crick Crack, Monkey

Crick Crack, Monkey
Author :
Publisher : Heinemann
Total Pages : 148
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0435989510
ISBN-13 : 9780435989514
Rating : 4/5 (10 Downloads)

Synopsis Crick Crack, Monkey by : Merle Hodge

Tee is suspended between the warmth, spontaneity and exuberance of Tantie's household and the formality and pretension of Aunt Beatrice's world, which Tee is obliged to accept when she wins a scholarship. Her initiation into the negro middle class is an uneasy one.

The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013

The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013
Author :
Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 641
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780374125615
ISBN-13 : 0374125619
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013 by : Derek Walcott

A collection spanning the range of the writer's career includes his first published poem, his celebrated verses on violence in Africa, his mature work from "The Star-Apple Kingdom, " and his late masterpieces from "White Egrets."

The Joker of Seville & O Babylon!

The Joker of Seville & O Babylon!
Author :
Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 286
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780374179984
ISBN-13 : 0374179980
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis The Joker of Seville & O Babylon! by : Derek Walcott

Since 1959, Derek Walcott has directed and written for the Trinidad Theatre Workshop. The Joker of Seville, a comedy based on Tirso de Molina's El Burlador de Sevilla, was commissioned by England's Royal Shakespeare Company. Walcott's sensitivity to the pacing, meter, and lyricism of the original makes his first attempt at adaptation an extraordinary accomplishment. O Babylon! brings life ro the Rastafarian sect in Jamaica, which grew during Marcus Garvey's exile to that country and has recently been popularized through the lyrics of reggae music.

Collected Shorter Plays

Collected Shorter Plays
Author :
Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 317
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780300107791
ISBN-13 : 030010779X
Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Synopsis Collected Shorter Plays by : Eugene O'Neill

O'Neill's themes and concerns find expression in his one-act plays which are the dramatic equivalent of short stories. Here are nine one-act plays that span the playwright's career.

The Sea at Dauphin

The Sea at Dauphin
Author :
Publisher :
Total Pages : 27
Release :
ISBN-10 : LCCN:a57006626
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (26 Downloads)

Synopsis The Sea at Dauphin by : Derek Walcott