enoch john
a passionate poet

enoch john's Writings

Oct.28.2011 Faith and Doubt in Beckett and T.S. Eliot Published by: redroom Faith and doubt,undoubtedly lie at opposite ends of the belief continuum,yet both find avenues for thematic expression and presentation in Beckett's Waiting for Godot and the Selected Poems of T.S.Eliot.These interesting but diverse studies created by two giants of modern literature,possess a striking and unique commonality:both works were written in a genre... Continue Reading »	Essay Oct.21.2011 The Miltonic Dilemma Published by: Unpublished This was not the mighty world of 'eye and ear' of Romanticism,neither was it the lofty Ovidian era which had postulated sensual and erotic love as its centric force.This was the world of John Milton[1608-1674],now in his later years,and continuing the tradition of scholasticism started by Thomas Aquinas.Scholasticism sought to blend the Classical with the... Continue Reading »
Article May.14.2009 A Look at Gordon Rohlehr's ''My Strangled City and other Essays'' Published by: Unpublished Gordon Rohlehr, professor of West Indian Literature,St Augustine,University of the West Indies,is writing about familiar ground,for he is a Caribbean born man.To attempt to review this work in five hundred words is a travesty in itself,for the twelve essays which constitute this book may each require individual assessment.However, the reviewer must respect the... Continue Reading »	Article May.12.2009 A Look at''Renaissance Literature'' by Stephen P. Thompson Published by: unpublished ''Renaissance Literature'' consists of a wide ranging collection of brilliantly written essays that attempt to cover the spectrum of renaissance thought.It is quite an ambitious project, and looks at the birthplace of the Renaissance,the first great ''Renaissance man''-Petrarch, the writings of Machiavelli,Castiglione,Erasmus,Spencer and the reader also gets... Continue Reading »
Article May.11.2009 A Look at Berman's ''Modernist Fiction,Cosmopolitanism,and the Politics of Community'' Published by: unpublished Jessica Berman was Assistant Professor of English and Women's Studies at the University of Maryland,Baltimore,at the time of publication.She argues , in ''Modernist Fiction,Cosmopolitanism, and the vPolitics of Community'', that the fiction of Henry James,Marcel Prouse,Virginia Woolf and Gertrude Stein engages directly with early twentieth century... Continue Reading »	Article Oct.01.2008 Discourse on the poetics of Derek Walcott Published by: unpublished This discourse on the poetics of Derek Walcott offers a comprehensive study and seeks to settle the burning question among western critics as to whether the Nobel Laureate is indeed the muse of Caribbean civilization or just simply a schizophrenic,contradicting himself at every turn. An icon of the North American and Caribbean ''haute bourgeoisie'',Walcott is a... Continue Reading »
Poem Sep.25.2008 The Philogynist Published by: none once,a philogynist clothed in his phallocentric cloak of compromise with the sturdy rod of profanity breaks asunder the veil of sanctity and is excommunicated by Cherub's flaming sword, and from lofted celestial ensemble no joyous sound came, no clashing cymbals or flute melodious to proclaim his fall and, no dancing, or delight, in holy heaven's hall.... Continue Reading »	Article Sep.23.2008 A Working Explanation of Temporary Structures[T/S] Published by: unpublished Roland Barthes and Jacques Derrida probably opened the floodgates to literary anarchy in the modern dispensation.With one 'deconstructing' and the other 'killing' the author-thereby opening up modern literary criticism and interpretation to diverse and infinite possibilities. DERRIDA says;- So that any text can be repeated in an... Continue Reading »
Article Sep.20.2008 Review of Frantz Fanon's Black Skin White Masks Published by: unpublished Frantz Fanon's book Black Skin White Masks held much relevance for Caribbean peoples,especially the Diasporean Negro struggling to come to terms with his own identity in the post-world war 11 dispensation and the post-colonial era that began in the 1960's. . Indeed,even today, the work has some application,for the Caribbean has found itself caught up in a... Continue Reading »	Poem Sep.19.2008 Rocks Published by: unpublished in this desert the rain falls on rock or the rock falls as rain-a rock storm the river is like rock- granite. granite in a limestone bed,where nothing grows or is fertilized. [not even lilacs in April]. this barrenness is absurdly unique for in this land of rock nothing grows,it's just an infertile proliferation of hard rock, hard... Continue Reading »

About enoch

I write poetry because I feel liberated. I have a degree in English from the University of the West Indies. My postgraduate thesis is a work in progress. Some of my influences include Shakespeare, Dante, and Derek Walcott. My aspiration is to become one of...

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