The other self : selfhood and society in modern Greek fiction / Dimitris Tziovas. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tziovas, Dēmētrēs.

Tziovas, Dåemåetråes., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek fiction, Modern--19th century--History and criticism.

Greek fiction, Modern.

Greek fiction, Modern--20th century--History and criticism.

Literature and society--Greece--History--19th century.

Literature and society.

Literature and society--Greece--History--20th century.

Self in literature.

Greek fiction, Modern--History and criticism--19th century--Greece.

Greek fiction, Modern--History and criticism--20th century--Greece.

Literature and society--History--19th century.

Literature and society--History--20th Century.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 289 p. )

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

National Imaginary, Collective Identity, and Individualism in Greek Fiction

Palaiologos's O Polypathis: Picaresque (Auto)biography as a National Romance

Selfhood, Natural Law, and Social Resistance in The Murderess

Individuality and Inevitability: From the Social Novel to Bildungsroman

A Hero without a Cause: Self-Identity in Vasilis Arvanitis

The Poetics of Manhood: Genre and Self-Identity in Freedom and Death

Tyrants and Prisoners: Narrative Fusion and the Hybrid Self in The Third Wedding

Defying the Social Context: Narratives of Exile and the Lonely Self

Fool's Gold and Achilles' Fiancee: Politics and Self-Representation

"Moscov-Selim" and The Life of Ismail Ferik Pasha: Narratives of Identity and the Semiotic Chora.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-585-46654-8