Introduction to Modern Greek Literature

Name: Introduction to Modern Greek Literature
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ISBN: 9780198159742

ISBN-10: 0198159749

ISBN-13: 9780198159742

Edition: 2nd 1998 (Revised)

Authors: Roderick Beaton

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This is a fully revised edition of Roger Beaton's 1994 introduction to the poetry and fiction published in Greek since national independence in 1821. It is the first full-length study to be devoted to the literature of this period, seen as a whole, and including developments up until the present day. The book highlights those writers and works which have enjoyed critical or popular acclaim, and emphasizes the relationships which link one work with another and with its historical context. It moves from the varying responses to European Romanticism which defined Greek literature in the nineteenth century, culminating in the work of Palamas and Cavafy in the first decades of this century, to…

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List price: $135.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/13/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 438
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



How to Use this Book


Introduction



Literature for a New Nation: 1821-1881



National Expansion and its Limits: From `Great Idea' to Aftermath of Disaster: 1881-1928



In Search of a New National Identity: 1929-1949



The Aftermath of War and Civil War: 1949-1967



From Military Dictatorship towards International Integration: 1967-1992



Literature and Language: The `Language Question'


Guide to Bibliography in English


Guide to Translations


References


Index of Greek Titles


General Index