Download or read book Derek Walcott's Encounter with Homer written by Rachel D Friedman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-06-07 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.