Concepts and functions of philhellenism : aspects of a transcultural movement / edited by Martin Vöhler, Stella Alekou, Miltos Pechlivanos.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alekou, Stella, editor.

Pechlivanos, Miltos, editor.

Vöhler, Martin, editor.

Series:

Trends in Classics ; 7.

Trends in Classics – Pathways of Reception ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philhellenism.

Greece--In literature--Congresses.

Greece.

Greece--History--War of Independence, 1821-1829--Congresses.

Genre:

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 292 pages)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany ; Boston, Massachusetts : De Gruyter, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Key aspects of philhellenism – political self-determination, freedom, beauty, individual greatness – originate in antiquity and present a complex reception history. The force of European philhellenism derives from ancient Roman idealizations, which have been drawn on by European movements since the Enlightenment. How is philhellenism able to transcend national, cultural and epochal limits? The articles collected in this volume deal with (1) the ancient conceptualization of philhellenism, (2) the actualization and politicization of the term at the time of the European Restoration (1815–30), and (3) the transformation of philhellenism into a pan-European movement. During the Greek struggle for independence the different receptions of philhellenism regain a common focus; philhellenism becomes an inextricable element in the creation of a pan-European identity and a starting point for the regeneration and modernization of Greece. – It is easy to criticize the tradition of philhellenism as being simplistic, naïve, and self-serving, but there is an irreducibly utopian element in later philhellenic idealizations of ancient Greece.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Concepts and Functions of Philhellenism: Aspects of a Transcultural Movement

Part I: Ancient Philhellenism

Shaping the (Hi)story of Innovation: Livius Andronicus as the First Poet of Latin Literature

Ηellenism in Horace’s Literary Criticism

‘Inappropriate’ Philhellenism in Roman Satire

Philhellenism, Patronage and Poetics in Martial

Enthusiasm and Mimesis in Longinus’ Concept of the Sublime

Part II: Philhellenism and the Greek Revolution

Hellenism and Philhellenism in British Experience

Could Leo Become Leonidas Again? The German Philhellene Wilhelm Müller and his Ambivalent Reception of Lord Byron

Philhellenism as an Exploration of Identity and Alterity in the Literary Tradition of Travels to the East in the 19th century

Adamantios Korais (Smyrna 1748–Paris 1833), philhellène à sa manière

Europeans in the Greek Landscape: Idealization, Appropriation, Disillusionment

Philhellenism and Constitutionalism: The First Greek Constitutions

Part III: Philhellenism and European Identity

Building Europe from Below: The Philhellenic Committee Movement as an Early Form of European Integration

Philhellenism and Geopolitics: Friedrich Thiersch’s De l’état actuel de la Grèce (1833) as a European Project

The Greek ‘Great Idea’ of Irredentism Up Against a Defunct Philhellenism (1850–1880)

Conclusions and Prospects

Ancient Greece and the Identity of Modern Europe

List of Contributors

Index of Names

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (de Gruyter, viewed on February 1, 2022).

ISBN:

9783110716023

311071602X

OCLC:

1232276884