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Omeros by Derek Walcott | |
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About 237 pages (71,172 words) in 9 products |
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| Name: |
Derek Alton Walcott | | Birth Date: |
January 23, 1930 | | Place of Birth: |
Casties, St. Lucia, West Indies | | Nationality: |
West Indian | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
poet |
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 Biography of Derek Alton Walcott
1174 words, approx. 3.9 pages
 Nobel Prize winning poet and dramatist from the West Indies, Derek Alton Walcott (born 1930) used a synthesis of Caribbean dialects and English to explore the richness and conflicts of the complex cultural heritage of his homeland. Derek Alton Walcott wa... summary from source:
Biography of Derek Alton Walcott
16086 words, approx. 53.6 pages
 By the time In a Green Night first made its modest international appearance in 1962, Derek Walcott had already gained preeminence as a poet and playwright in the West Indies. Over the following decades he released a remarkable body of poetry and plays th... summary from source:
 Biography of Derek (Alton) Walcott
12325 words, approx. 41.1 pages
For some forty years Derek Walcott has been the preeminent poet and playwright of the West Indies. In spite of his international awards (including an O.B.E. in 1972) and the accolades of such peers as Robert Graves, Selden Rodman, and Seamus Heaney, Walc...
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 Omeros Information
298 words, approx. 1 pages
"Omeros" is a 1990 poem by Derek Walcott. Many consider it the finest work of this Nobel Prize winning author. It is, in part, a retelling of the story of the Odyssey, set on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia. The narrative of Omeros is multilayered....
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 The New Leader Omeros. (book reviews)
03/11/1991: 1,177 words, approx. 4 pages SUPPOSE THAT Homer's Muse, after singing about the wrath of Achilles on the plains of Troy and the wanderings of Ithaca's chieftain, Odysseus, chose to celebrate the exploits of contemporary Caribbean fishermen. The primitive boats that navigate the shoals around the Windward Islands... summary from source:
Artforum International Isaac Julien: Bohen Foundation.(New York)(film Paradise Omeros, 2002)
10/01/2003: 609 words, approx. 2 pages Beginning in the Caribbean, in tropical color and light, Isaac Julien's Paradise Omeros, 2002, soon moves to London, where it turns concrete gray. Kicking off from Derek Walcott's book length poem Omeros, itself inspired by Homer, Julien's film might take as its slogan... summary from source:
 AP News Kan. residents weigh whether to rebuild
5/9/2007: 681 words, approx. 2 pagesFor five years, Omero Carrillo worked on his old home, studying period decor, painting and refinishing floors, only to see the tornado that leveled most of this town reduce it to rubble in a moment.He's facing the same question nearly everyone here is: Will he... summary from source:
AP News Remnants of storm Erin deluge Houston
8/16/2007: 701 words, approx. 2 pagesThe tropical weather season revved up Thursday as the Atlantic's first hurricane formed and quickly strengthened, and as Tropical Storm Erin's remnants soaked rain-weary Texas, snarling rush-hour traffic and killing at least one person.Even as they fetched dozens of stranded drivers, authorities in Houston and...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Jahan Ramazani
8,026 words, approx. 27 pages
In the following essay, Ramazani examines Walcott's metaphorical treatment of New World African slavery and postcolonial Caribbean suffering in Omeros, as signified by Walcott's evocation of physical trauma, unhealed wounds, and aspects of recovery.
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Critical Review by Sven Birkerts
5,120 words, approx. 17 pages
In the following review of Omeros, Birkerts praises Walcott's poetic genius, but finds serious shortcomings in the work's overly ambitious epic design.
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