With circular narrative design, titled with the Greek name for Homer, Omeros simultaneously charts two currents of history: the visible history charted in eventsthe tribal losses of the American Indian, the tragedy of African enslavementand the interior, unwritten epic fashioned from the suffering of the individual in exile.
“One of the great poems of our time.” —John Lucas, New Statesman
With circular narrative design, titled with the Greek name for Homer, Omeros simultaneously charts two currents of history: the visible history charted in eventsthe tribal losses of the American Indian, the tragedy of African enslavementand the interior, unwritten epic fashioned from the suffering of the individual in exile.
“One of the great poems of our time.” —John Lucas, New Statesman
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780374523503 |
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Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Publication date: | 06/01/1992 |
Edition description: | Reprint |
Pages: | 336 |
Sales rank: | 351,970 |
Product dimensions: | 5.76(w) x 8.31(h) x 0.96(d) |