Conversing Identities : Encounters Between British, Irish and Greek Poetry, 1922-1952.
Georganta, Konstantina.
Conversing Identities : Encounters Between British, Irish and Greek Poetry, 1922-1952. - Amsterdam : Editions Rodopi, 2012. - 1 online resource (229 pages) - Textxet. Studies in Comparative Literature ; v. 67 . - Textxet. Studies in Comparative Literature. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Mr Eugenides in the City -- Waiting for Barbarians -- A Philhellene in Athens -- Cultural Politics of Old Bards -- A Greek Orlando in London -- Dreams of Mediterranean Re-birth -- An Island Temperament -- Conclusion.
Conversing Identities: Encounters Between British, Irish and Greek Poetry, 1922-1952 presents a panorama of cultures brought in dialogue through travel, immigration and translation set against the insularity imposed by war and the hegemony of the national centre in the period 1922-1952. Each chapter tells a story within a specific time and space that connected the challenges and fissures experienced in two cultures with the goal to explore how the post-1922 accentuated mobility across frontiers found an appropriate expression in the work of the poets under consideration. Either influenced by t.
9789401208383 (electronic bk.) 9401208387 (electronic bk.) 9042035633 9789042035638 9781283656849 (MyiLibrary) 1283656841 (MyiLibrary)
396934 MIL
Comparative literature--English and Greek.
Greek poetry.
Poésie grecque.
POETRY--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Comparative literature--English and Greek.
Greek poetry.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PR1228
821.9208
Conversing Identities : Encounters Between British, Irish and Greek Poetry, 1922-1952. - Amsterdam : Editions Rodopi, 2012. - 1 online resource (229 pages) - Textxet. Studies in Comparative Literature ; v. 67 . - Textxet. Studies in Comparative Literature. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Mr Eugenides in the City -- Waiting for Barbarians -- A Philhellene in Athens -- Cultural Politics of Old Bards -- A Greek Orlando in London -- Dreams of Mediterranean Re-birth -- An Island Temperament -- Conclusion.
Conversing Identities: Encounters Between British, Irish and Greek Poetry, 1922-1952 presents a panorama of cultures brought in dialogue through travel, immigration and translation set against the insularity imposed by war and the hegemony of the national centre in the period 1922-1952. Each chapter tells a story within a specific time and space that connected the challenges and fissures experienced in two cultures with the goal to explore how the post-1922 accentuated mobility across frontiers found an appropriate expression in the work of the poets under consideration. Either influenced by t.
9789401208383 (electronic bk.) 9401208387 (electronic bk.) 9042035633 9789042035638 9781283656849 (MyiLibrary) 1283656841 (MyiLibrary)
396934 MIL
Comparative literature--English and Greek.
Greek poetry.
Poésie grecque.
POETRY--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Comparative literature--English and Greek.
Greek poetry.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PR1228
821.9208