Modern Greek literature : critical essays / editors, Gregory Nagy and Anna Stavrakopoulou ; associate editor, Jennifer Reilly.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nagy, Gregory.

Stavrakopoulou, Anna.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek literature, Modern--History and criticism.

Greek literature, Modern.

Byzantine literature--History and criticism.

Byzantine literature.

Physical Description:

viii, 199 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2003.

Summary:

This volume examines new realms in the production and study of modern Greek literature by advancing previously unexplored areas of the field, redrawing boundaries and offering fresh perspectives. The ten original essays gathered here illustrate new approaches to the study of both canonical and non-canonical texts, viewing canonical figures in light of recent theoretical innovations and bringing to view previously unknown material worth exploring. Modern Greek Literature draws upon a wide range of disciplines, ranging from comparative literature to the study of religion, and from Byzantine philosophy to cultural studies. Contributors address both classical and contemporary debates, from discussions of genre to the evolving relationship between literature and national identity. With its breadth of inquiry and expansive scope, Modern Greek Literature charts a new literary map for present and future forays in the field.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Ancient Models and Novel Mixtures: the Concept of Genre in Byzantine Funerary Literature from Photios to Eustathios of Thessalonike / Panagiotis A. Agapitos 5

Chapter 2 The Conflict Between Scholarios and Plethon: Religion and Communal Identity in Early Modern Greece / Christopher Livanos 24

Chapter 3 De Man, the Woman, and Her Writing: Transcendence and/or Defacement in Elisavet Moutzan-Martinengou's Autobiography / Patricia Felisa Barbeito, Vangelis Calotychos 42

Chapter 4 The Poetics of Mimicry: Pitzipios' 'O [characters not reproducible] and the Beginnings of the Modern Greek Novel / Panagiotis Roilos 62

Chapter 5 "There was Only One Thing Paradoxical about the Man": An Oblique Perspective on Madness in Four Stories by Georgios M. Vizyenos / Yota Batsaki 79

Chapter 6 Promiscuous Texts and Abandoned Readings in the Poetry of C. P. Cavafy / George Syrimis 99

Chapter 7 Literature as Historiography: the Boxful of Guilt / Emmanuela Kantzia 119

Chapter 8 Leaving, Losing, Letting Go: Some Steps in Bilingual Transformations in the Work of Theodor Kallifatides / Monika Kallan 137

Chapter 9 "Return from Greece": Journey and Homecoming in Two Contemporary Greek Novels / Anna Stavrakopoulou 158

Chapter 10 Palimpsests of Sappho in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Greece: An Overview / Dimitrios Yatromanolakis 171.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0815337779

OCLC:

51041361