{"product_id":"the-haitian-trilogy-plays-henri-christophe-drums-and-colours-and-the-haytian-earth-paperback","title":"The Haitian Trilogy: Plays: Henri Christophe, Drums and Colours, and the Haytian Earth - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDerek Walcott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThree plays by the Nobel-laureate Derek Walcott, brought together for the first time in \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHaitian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Trilogy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the history plays that comprise \u003ci\u003eThe Haitian Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e--\u003ci\u003eHenri Christophe, Drums and Colours\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Haytian Earth\u003c\/i\u003e--Derek Walcott, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, uses verse to tell the story of his native West Indies as a four-hundred-year cycle of war, conquest and rebellion. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHenri Christophe\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Haytian Earth, \u003c\/i\u003e Walcott re-casts the legacy of Haiti's violent revolutionaries--led by Toussaint L'Ouverture, Jean Jacques Dessalines and Henri Christophe--whose rebellion established the first black state in the Americas, but whose cruelty becomes a parable of racial pride and corruption. \u003ci\u003eDrums and Colours, \u003c\/i\u003e commissioned in 1958 to celebrate the first parliament in Trinidad, is a grand pageant linking the lives of complex, ambiguous heroes: Columbus and Raleigh; Toussaint; and George William Gordon, a martyr of the constitutional era. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom\u003ci\u003e Henri Christophe's \u003c\/i\u003ehigh style to the bracing vernacular of \u003ci\u003eThe Haytian Earth, \u003c\/i\u003e to the epic scale and scope of Drums and Colours, in these plays Walcott, one of our most celebrated poets, carved a place in the modern theater for the history of the West Indies, and a sounding room for his own maturing voice.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDerek Walcott (1930-2017)\u003c\/b\u003e was born in St. Lucia, the West Indies, in 1930. His \u003ci\u003eCollected Poems: 1948-1984\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1986, and his subsequent works include a book-length poem, \u003ci\u003eOmeros \u003c\/i\u003e(1990); a collection of verse, \u003ci\u003eThe Bounty\u003c\/i\u003e (1997); and, in an edition illustrated with his own paintings, the long poem \u003ci\u003eTiepolo's Hound\u003c\/i\u003e (2000). His numerous plays include \u003ci\u003eThe Haitian Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e (2001) and \u003ci\u003eWalker and The Ghost Dance\u003c\/i\u003e (2002). Walcott received the Queen's Medal for Poetry in 1988 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 15, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42691804463167,"sku":"9780374528133","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/b696d1769d14b82a6bc819b27f84fc76.webp?v=1764993285","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-haitian-trilogy-plays-henri-christophe-drums-and-colours-and-the-haytian-earth-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}