Creolizing Homer for the stage: Walcott's The Odyssey - Derek Walcott - The Odyssey: A Stage Version - Critical Essay

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Robert D. Hamner is senior professor of English and Humanities at Hardin-Simmons University. He has written or edited books on Joseph Conrad, V S. Naipaul, and Derek Walcott. He and Paul Breslin are coediting a Festschrift honoring Derek Walcott's 75th birthday for 2005.

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