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 formula he notes his autobiographical presence in the poem and the absence of classical heroic figures and epic battles the poem incorporates fragments of all the definitive characteristics of the genre. Hamner establishes that through its self-reflexive textuality, "Omeros" complements the...