An Introduction to Modern Greek Literature (Paperback, Revised edition)

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 the Modernist influenced work of the years from the 1920s to 1945. A post-war reaction against Modernism was followed by growing experimentation, and the book deals in detail with this most productive of periods in modern Greek literature. No knowledge of Greek is assumed, and all quotations are given in both Greek and English. An Introduction to Modern Greek Literature is an important source for both specialists and general readers, bringing to light a rich but neglected part of modern European literature.

General

Imprint:	Clarendon Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 1999
First published:	May 1999
Authors:	Roderick Beaton (Koraes Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language, and Literature, and Head of the Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies)
Dimensions:	215 x 137 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	438
Edition:	Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-815974-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900
LSN:	0-19-815974-9
Barcode:	9780198159742

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