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- ↑ "Derek Walcott - Bibliography". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ↑ Hamner, Robert D. (1977). "Mythological Aspects of Derek Walcott's Drama". Ariel. 8 (3): 41–43. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ↑ Thieme, John (2 July 1999). "Founding a West Indian theatre". Derek Walcott. Manchester University Press. pp. 42–44. ISBN 978-0-7190-4206-5.
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