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‘Superbly edited . . . Ricks
has chosen poets, poems and translators with scrupulous
and judicious care’-Times
Literary Supplement
The aim of this anthology has been to provide the first
representative selection of the best Greek verse and prose
from Greece’s
independence in 1821 to the end of the twentieth century.
Over fifty writers appear in the book in a selection from
previously published translations including such world-famous
poets as Cavafy, Seferis, Ritsos and Elytis, some of whom
demonstrate Greece’s striking contribution in the areas
of Surrealism and political verse. In the field of prose,
a rich but neglected tradition is represented, including
genres ranging from memoir, the historical novel, the short
story, war literature and literary and experimental writing,
with authors as diverse as Kazantzakis, Makriyannis, Royidis,
Papadiamantis, Taktis and Galanki. Notes by the editor
on each writer introduce the reader to a distinctive body
of work, much of which has never before appeared in book
form.
An invaluable companion to Roderick Beaton’s An Introduction
to Greek Literature, this anthology will provide the first
authoritative and accessible introduction to a modern literature
of distinction which is finding more and more readers in the
English-speaking world.
DAVID RICKS teaches Modern Greek Literature at King’s
College, London. He is the author of The Shade of Homer
and Byzantine Heroic Poetry.
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with David Ricks about Modern Greek Writing |
