Table of Contents
Abstract
Acknowledgements
Foreword
List of abbreviations
Introduction "I open their books"
Introducing Derek Walcott
Postcolonial literature and Walcott's poetry
Caribbean theory
Walcott as a postcolonial painterly poet
Main argument
Communication images
Imagery
Walcott as a metapoet and an ecopoet
Existing works: trends and gaps
Postcolonial literature
Imagery
Postcolonial literature and imagery
Metapoetry and metafiction
Research methodology
Research questions
Overview of chapters
Chapter 1 "Blank pages turn in the wind" - Images of writing (page, paper, pen)
Introduction
Hyponym 1: Page
Page History
Page Caribbean
Page Identity
Page Travel
Hyponym 2: Paper
Paper History
Paper Identity
Hyponym 3: Pen
Pen History
Pen Identity
Summary
Images of writing sketches
Chapter 2 "Fiction in a fiction" - Images of narrative (fiction, book, prose, read/ reading)
Introduction
Hyponym 1: Fiction
Fiction History
Fiction Identity
Fiction Travel
Hyponym 2: Book
Book History
Book Caribbean
Book Identity
Book Travel
Hyponym 3: Prose
Prose History
Prose Caribbean
Prose Identity
Prose Travel
Hyponym 4: Read/ reading
Read/ reading History
Read/ reading Caribbean
Read/ reading Identity
Read/ reading Travel
Summary
Images of narrative sketches
Chapter 3 "Sunlit stanza" - Images of poetics (poetry, poem, rhyme, rhythm, stanza, meter, line)
Introduction
Hyponym 1: Poetry
Poetry Caribbean
Poetry Identity
Poetry Travel
Hyponym 2: Poem
Poem History
Poem Identity
Hyponym 3: Rhyme
Rhyme History
Rhyme Caribbean
Rhyme Identity
Rhyme Travel
Hyponym 4: Rhythm
Rhythm History
Rhythm Caribbean
Rhythm Identity
Hyponym 5: Stanza
Stanza Identity
Stanza Travel
Hyponym 6: Meter
Meter Caribbean
Meter Identity
Hyponym 7: Line
Line History
Line Caribbean
Line Identity
Summary
Images of poetics sketches
Chapter 4 "This brightening noun" - Images of language and vocabulary (language, speech, dialect, vowel, word, noun)
Introduction
Hyponym 1: Language
Language History
Language Caribbean
Language Identity
Language Travel
Hyponym 2: Speech
Speech History
Speech Caribbean
Hyponym 3: Dialect
Dialect History
Dialect Caribbean
Dialect Identity
Dialect Travel
Hyponym 4: Vowel
Vowel History
Vowel Identity
Hyponym 5: Word
Word History
Word Caribbean
Word Identity
Word Travel
Hyponym 6: Noun
Noun History
Noun Identity
Noun Travel
Summary
Images of language and vocabulary sketches
Chapter 5 "Hyphenating horizons" - Images of grammar and punctuation (syntax, phrase, sentence, parenthesis/ parentheses, hyphen, question)
Introduction
Hyponym 1: Syntax
Syntax Identity
Syntax Travel
Hyponym 2: Phrase
Phrase History
Phrase Caribbean
Phrase Identity
Phrase Travel
Hyponym 3: Sentence
Sentence Identity
Sentence Travel
Hyponym 4: Parenthesis/ parentheses
Parenthesis Caribbean
Parenthesis Identity
Parenthesis Travel
Hyponym 5: Hyphen
Hyphen History
Hyphen Caribbean
Hyphen Identity
Hyphen Travel
Hyponym 6: Question
Question History
Question Caribbean
Question Identity
Question Travel
Summary
Images of grammar and punctuation sketches
Conclusion "It goes white again and the book comes to a close"
Primary sources of Walcott's poetry
Bibliography
Appendix: Graphs
Index