Omeros
Farrar Straus & Giroux · Print & ebook · June 1, 1992
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- Who it’s for
- A circular epic poem brings visible histories and the unwritten suffering of exile into conversation.
- Genres
- Epic Poetry, Caribbean & Latin American Poetry, American Poetry
- Published
- Farrar Straus & Giroux, June 1, 1992
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Omeros is the grand epic poem told in multiple chapters from Nobel Prize-winning poet and playwright Derek Walcott. With circular narrative design, titled with the Greek name for Homer, Omeros simultaneously charts two currents of history: the visible history charted in events--the tribal losses of the American Indian, the tragedy of African enslavement--and the interior, unwritten epic fashioned from the suffering of the individual in exile.
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“One of the great poems of our time.” —John Lucas, New Statesman
History Within
A circular epic poem brings visible histories and the unwritten suffering of exile into conversation.
Come here for
- Epic scale joined to histories of loss and enslavement
- The inward weight of exile alongside public history
Expect
- A sustained, multichapter poetic narrative
- A Homeric frame for Caribbean and American histories
Where it sits
| Caribbean & Latin American Poetry | 95% |
|---|---|
| Epic Poetry | 51% |
| American Poetry | 48% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Caribbean & Latin American Poetry
- Epic Poetry
- Authors
- Derek Walcott
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus & Giroux
- Published
- June 1, 1992
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Caribbean & Latin American Poetry