Author

Derek Walcott

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Epic PoetryCaribbean & Latin American PoetryAmerican PoetryPoetryLiteratureNobel PrizeMythology20th Century

Books

Omeros

Omeros

Derek Walcott

Latin American Writers at Work

Latin American Writers at Work

Paris Review, George Plimpton

Best Lists Featuring Derek Walcott

Homer Before The Imax Lights
Primary translations, modern retellings, and short guides to epic form for readers who want to know what Homer wrote before deciding what Nolan changed.
Nolan's Odyssey: The Source and The Argument
Primary epic, accessible myth primers, and modern reworkings to place Christopher Nolan's adaptation within Homeric tradition and the debates over how the Odyssey gets cast and retold.

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