Derek Walcott''s Encounter With Homer - Landscape, History, and Poetic Voice in Omeros

Derek Walcott's Encounter with Homer puts Walcott's epic poem Omeros in conversation with Homer to show how reading them against each other changes our understanding of both. Rachel Friedman examines Walcott's use of the Homeric persona of Omeros to explore his own deepening relationship with his craft and his identity as a Caribbean poet.

List of contents

• Introduction


• PART ONE: ODYSSEYS


• 1: An Odyssean Poem


• 2: Roots and Routes


• PART TWO: THE ISLANDERS


• 3: Achille


• 4: Philoctete


• 5: Plunkett


• PART THREE: THE POET


• 6: The Tribal Poet


• 7: Homeric Shadow, H/omeric Light

About the author

Rachel D. Friedman is a Professor of Greek and Roman Studies at Vassar College, where she teaches classes in Greek language and literature and classical reception. She has published articles on Herodotus, Greek epic and tragedy, and their postcolonial reception.

Summary

Derek Walcott's Encounter with Homer puts Walcott's epic poem Omeros in conversation with Homer to show how reading them against each other changes our understanding of both. Rachel Friedman examines Walcott's use of the Homeric persona of Omeros to explore his own deepening relationship with his craft and his identity as a Caribbean poet.

Additional text

For students interested in the classical allusions of specific moments inWalcott's work, or those who have left their reading of Omeros with thedesire to know more about the concerns of Homeric epic, Friedman'sclose readings will prove helpful. The book contains some interestingmethodological ideas too.

Product details

• Authors: Friedman, Rachel D. Friedman, Rachel D. (Professor of Greek and Roman Friedman, Rachel D. (Vassar College) Friedman
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.03.2024
• EAN: 9780198802549
• ISBN: 978-0-19-880254-9
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Classical Presences
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Literary studies: postcolonial literature