Conversing Identities : Encounters Between British, Irish and Greek Poetry, 1922-1952.

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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.

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.

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