Shade of Homer A Study in Modern Greek Poetry

Name: Shade of Homer A Study in Modern Greek Poetry
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ISBN: 9780521604536

ISBN-10: 0521604532

ISBN-13: 9780521604536

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Authors: David Ricks

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In exploring the significance of Homer for the poetry of modern Greece - benign shade or looming shadow? - Dr Ricks is tackling a theme that has implications for the study of poetic influence in general. He takes the work of Sikelianos, Cavafy and Seferis and subjects a selection of poems to a careful scrutiny. These poems are not imitations of Homer but fresh engagements with Homeric themes, and comparison of the modern versions with the original is found to be illuminating for the poets methods of composition. Dr Ricks does not lose sight of the larger significance of his subject, and modern poets from outside Greece - Eliot and Pound, in particular - find their way into the discussion.…

Book details

List price: $44.99
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 8/5/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.54" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.616



Introduction: Homer and the modern Greek poets



Homer in the New Greece: The Spirit and the Letter



Kalvos and Solomos



Archaism and kleftism



Palamas



Sikelianos



The Homeric inheritance



Greek romanticism comes of age



Beyond Homer



Cavafy



Modes of misquotation



Ancient days



Homer into history



Seferis



Scholia



Ulysses/Disseas



Homer and the poetic vocation



Beyond the folk tradition



Spirit and letter in 'The King of Asine'


Reflections


Further reading


References


Index