| Description |
1 online resource (229 pages) |
| Series |
Textxet. Studies in Comparative Literature ; v. 67 |
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Textxet. Studies in Comparative Literature
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Comparative literature -- English and Greek
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Greek poetry.
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POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Comparative literature -- English and Greek
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Greek poetry
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789401208383 |
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9401208387 |
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9042035633 |
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9789042035638 |
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9781283656849 |
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1283656841 |
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