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This article examines Sam Selvon's use of the conventions of Trinidadian calypso in his novel The Lonely Londoners. It considers Selvon's use of calypso in the creation of a narrative voice expressing the dilemma of Caribbean immigrants in London as paradigmatic of the ways in which aesthetic experimentation traces new trajectories of migrant experience, thus problematizing binary visions of cultural displacement. Particular emphasis is placed on Selvon's use of narrative voice to integrate the sounds of calypso, producing a sonic background that gives aesthetic shape to the discordant experiences of his characters. This use of calypso transforms the novel into a cultural performance of memory through which two aesthetic forms, the novel and calypso, become the locus of a remotivating of collective memory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The author talks about her poem "Calypso, Twilight" and how she wrote it. Topics discussed include the book "The Odyssey" by Robert Fagles, the character of Calypso in the Greek mythology, and the Greek author Homer. Also mentioned are the nymphs in the works of Homer and the celebration of women's independence in "Calypso, Twilight."

A close reading of some exegetical scholia to the first half of theOdysseyBook 5 will single out some features which ancient scholars found particularly relevant to the passage's literary interpretation: special attention will be paid to the rhetorical strategies of Hermes, Odysseus, and Calypso, as well as to the latter's definition as a woman subjugated by love, or else entirely rational. This will lead to reconsider aspects of Calypso's persona throughout antiquity and beyond, by looking at the various etymologies of her name, at her allegorical readings, and at part of herNachlebenin modern literature and art. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Anyone within range of Western television during the 1960s to the 1980s was likely a fan of Jacques Cousteau's famous “underwater adventures” launched from the Calypso research vessel, which roamed the seven seas. Not surprisingly, as an explorer immersed in the natural environment, Cousteau became a radical ecologist in his later life as the costs of industrialization and consumerism began to take their toll. In the summer of 1996 I sat down with the famed oceanographer at the Paris offices of the Cousteau Society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on women on the research ship Calypso made famous for its use by ecologist Jacques-Yves Cousteau. It states that the Calypso was named for the mythological character in Greek mythology who was queen of the isle of Ogygia. It mentions the first woman connected with the vessel was Simone Melchior, the first wife of Cousteau, who played hostess and sold souvenirs at the museum where her husband was director. It states that researcher Claude Laloup participated in significant research projects on board the Calypso under the directorship of senior professor Jacques Bourcart. It comments on Francine Cousteau, who was Cousteau's second wife, who is embroiled in a legal battle over ownership of the Calypso.