Surrealism in Greece : an anthology / edited and translated by Nikos Stabakis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stabakis, Nikos, 1969-

Series:

Surrealist revolution series

The surrealist revolution series

Language:

English

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Subjects (All):

Greek literature, Modern--20th century--Translations into English.

Greek literature, Modern.

Surrealism (Literature)--Greece.

Surrealism (Literature).

Greece.

Physical Description:

vi, 363 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2008.

Summary:

In the decades between the two World Wars, Greek writers and artists adopted surrealism both as an avant-garde means of overturning the stifling traditions of their classical heritage and also as a way of responding to the extremely unstable political situation in their country. Despite producing much first-rate work throughout the rest of the twentieth century, Greek surrealists have not been widely read outside of Greece. This volume seeks to remedy that omission by offering authoritative translations of the major works of the most important Greek surrealist writers.

Nikos Stabakis groups the Greek surrealists into three generations: the founders (such as Andreas Embirikos, Nikos Engonopoulos, and Nicolas Calas), the second generation, and the Pali Group, which formed around the magazine Pali. For each generation, he provides a very helpful introduction to the themes and concerns that animate their work, as well as concise biographies of each writer. Stabakis anthologizes translations of all the key surrealist works of each generation-poetry, prose, letters, and other documents-as well as a selection of rarer texts. His introduction to the volume places Greek surrealism within the context of the international movement, showing how Greek writers and artists used surrealism to express their own cultural and political realities. A selection of visual works by Greek surrealist artists rounds out the volume.

Contents:

Part I The Founders 1

1 Andreas Embirikos 14

2 Nicolas Calas 56

3 Nikos Engonopoulos 82

4 Odysseus Elytis 131

5 Nikos Gatsos 162

Part II The Second Generation 169

6 Matsi Hatzilazarou 174

7 Miltos Sahtouris 182

8 Hector Kaknavatos 195

9 Nanos Valaoritis 211

10 Dimitris Papaditsas 257

11 E. Ch. Gonatas 259

Part III The Pali Group 271

12 Mando Aravantinou 282

13 Yorgos V. Makris 288

14 Alexander Skinas 293

15 Tassos Denegris 309

16 Panos Koutrouboussis 311

17 Eva Mylona 324

18 Dimitris Poulikakos 328.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [355]-357) and index.

Translated from the Greek.

ISBN:

9780292718005

0292718004

OCLC:

179786776