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1. White Egrets: Poems by Derek Walcott | |
Hardcover: 96
Pages
(2010-03-16)
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my highest recommendation
More Wonderful Poetry
Driving Vessel
Beautifully written and touching
A Compelling Read! |
2. Collected Poems, 1948-1984 by Derek Walcott | |
Paperback: 516
Pages
(1987-01-01)
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Collected Poems 1848-1984
Sand and the sound of the waves.
A true Caribbean Genius
He didn't win a Nobel Prize for nothing
Walcott's Incomparable Command of the English Language |
3. Selected Poems by Derek Walcott | |
Paperback: 328
Pages
(2007-12-26)
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Superb
GREAT! |
4. Tiepolo's Hound by Derek Walcott | |
Paperback: 208
Pages
(2001-05-15)
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The Painting
Tiepolo's Hound
"Coffee-table poetry and art" |
5. The Prodigal: A Poem by Derek Walcott | |
Paperback: 112
Pages
(2006-03-21)
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A flock of commas |
6. Omeros by Derek Walcott | |
Paperback: 325
Pages
(1992-06-01)
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classical poetry in our contemporary world
Wonderful
Epic
Postcolonial Homer For all the great poetry, what fans of the modern epic will miss in OMEROS is a narrative through-line.Structurally, it is more like William Carlos Williams' PATERSON or especially Hart Crane's THE BRIDGE, than like THE ILLIAD or THE ODYSSEY.The stories in the poem are given secondary importance to the ideas.While I will not disagree with other reviewers' characterizations of the characters as 'well-developed,' I will say that Walcott gives his characters very little to do.The greatest journey is the one taken by the un-named narrator (who seems to be prowling the University Poet circuit from the Carribean to the U.S. to England).Those who want a story with their modern epic are directed to THE CHANGING LIGHT AT SANDOVER by James Merrill. What Walcott offers in place of narrative is recollections, meditations and essays on a post-colonial world.Certain human motifs are bound to repeat, he says, and demonstrates with the story of fishermen Hector and Achille fighting for the island girl in the yellow dress, Helen.To me, Omeros is really a collection of poems in a similar form spiralling around similar themes, taking up each others' melodies in different keys.Like any symphony, it sometimes gets lost.But its individual passages are, more often than not, magnificent -- and beautiful to hear.
The worst poem it has ever been my fire's misfortune to burn |
7. EPIC OF THE DISPOSSESSED: DEREK WALCOTT'S OMEROS by ROBERT D. HAMNER | |
Paperback: 200
Pages
(1997-08-27)
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Editorial Review Product Description In Epic of the Dispossessed, Robert D. Hamner offers an insightful, well-researched analysis of Omeros, the masterful epic poem by 1992 Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott. Rich and various, Omeros is an innovative extension of the epic tradition. Despite Walcott's insistence that he violates the formulaþhe notes his autobiographical presence in the poem and the absence of classical heroic figures and epic battlesþthe poem incorporates fragments of all the definitive characteristics of the genre. Hamner establishes that through its self-reflexive textuality, Omeros complements the time-honored tradition of the epic by giving voice to the marginalized peoples of the New World. Hamner briefly explains his perception of the epic tradition and its viability in contemporary literature. He examines Walcott's writing career and traces his development of devices, themes, techniques, and a narrative style essential to epic poetry. Although Walcott could not have fully anticipated Omeros, a retrospective view of his writing reveals the consistent accumulation of the skills and broad scope required for such an undertaking. Hamner attempts also to show that Walcott has incorporated into his personal style not only the more obvious aspects of his formal education but also uniquely West Indian cultural material and forms of expression. Hamner describes Omeros as an epic of the dispossessed because each of its protagonists is a castaway in one sense or another. Regardless of whether their ancestry is traced to the classical Mediterranean, Europe, Africa, or confined to the Americas, they are transplanted individuals whose separate quests all center on the fundamental human need to strike roots in a place where one belongs. Walcott's vivid, lyrical verse is visually compelling and aurally appealing. He is, however, a richly complex, allusive writer dealing with a wide range of profound human problems. Given the exciting climate of postcolonial and postmodern criticism, Walcott offers students and scholars unparalleled opportunities for challenging, creatively interpretive insights. Epic of the Dispossessed will be a valuable companion to the work that may prove to be Walcott's crowning achievement. The fresh and original Omeros stands on its own merits; nevertheless, it deserves to be examined in light of both Western tradition and its Caribbean context. Customer Reviews (1)
Help from Hamner |
8. The Odyssey: A Stage Version by Derek Walcott, Homer | |
Paperback: 176
Pages
(1993-07-01)
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9. What the Twilight Says: Essays by Derek Walcott | |
Paperback: 256
Pages
(1999-10-25)
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10. Dream on Monkey Mountain and Other Plays by Derek Walcott | |
Paperback: 336
Pages
(1971-01-01)
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nice surprise
Walcott is an interesting writer
Nice play
Genius!
Very interesting |
11. Derek Walcott: A Caribbean Life by Bruce King | |
Hardcover: 760
Pages
(2000-12-21)
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From the provinces to Stockholm-a professional career
From the provinces to Stockholm-a professional career |
12. The Bounty: Poems by Derek Walcott | |
Paperback: 96
Pages
(1998-03-18)
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Editorial Review Product Description The Bounty is both an elegy forthe poet's mother and for himself--for the land he left behind and theidentity he shed as a result. In these poems, St. Lucia becomes allthe more precious because Walcott can't go home again. Rich inimagery, these poems evoke the essence of the islands with each line. Customer Reviews (3)
A book of elegies, full of death, sadness and simple faith.
EACH WORD IS LIKEA VIEW OF CARRIBEAN HEART
Striking imagery |
13. The Haitian Trilogy: Plays: Henri Christophe, Drums and Colours, and The Haytian Earth by Derek Walcott | |
Paperback: 448
Pages
(2002-05-15)
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14. In the Shadows of Divine Perfection: Derek Walcott's Omeros (Studies in Major Literary Authors) by Lance Callahan | |
Hardcover: 150
Pages
(2003-10-16)
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a reader
The Price is Wrong!
Routledge should be ashamed of the price |
15. Midsummer by Derek Walcott | |
Paperback:
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(1984-12)
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16. Remembrance & Pantomime: Two Plays by Derek Walcott | |
Hardcover: 170
Pages
(1980-11-17)
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17. Antilles: Fragments of Epic Memory by Derek Walcott | |
Paperback: 32
Pages
(1993-06)
Isbn: 0571170803 Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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Ambushed by Derek Walcott... THE ANTILLES: FRAGMENTS OF EPICMEMORY, is just a small book but to read it is to step intoanotheruniverse.Walcott applies layer upon layer of translucent watercolorpigment to an undulating and ever changing canvas...all to the purpose ofseparating the reader from her preconceptions. Read this and you willnever look at a cruise ship parked in a Caribbean harbor in the same wayagain. 5/24/00
A Challenging Read |
18. Derek Walcott (Cambridge Studies in African and Caribbean Literature) by Edward Baugh | |
Hardcover: 270
Pages
(2006-03-20)
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19. Derek Walcott: Selected Poems (York Notes) by Derek Walcott | |
Paperback: 80
Pages
(1993-11-01)
Isbn: 0582215366 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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20. Derek Walcott (Contemporary World Writers) by John Thieme | |
Paperback: 120
Pages
(1999-07-02)
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