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Autore |
Roessel David E (David Ernest), <1954-> |
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Titolo |
In Byron's shadow [[electronic resource] ] : modern Greece in the English & American imagination / / David Roessel |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-028678-4 |
0-19-516662-0 |
0-19-803290-0 |
1-280-53152-5 |
9786610531523 |
1-60256-447-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (408 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English literature - History and criticism |
American literature - History and criticism |
American literature - Greek influences |
English literature - Greek influences |
Greece In literature |
English-speaking countries Intellectual life |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-377) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Abbreviations and Citations; Chronology; Introduction: Almost Impossible to Think Sanely about Greece; I. PAST GREATNESS AND PRESENT DEBASEMENT (1770-1833); 1. I Want to Revive Athens; 2. Greeces of Byron and of Homer; 3. On the Ruins of Missolonghi; II. THE MAGIC FORCE OF LEGEND (1833-1913); 4. Dangerous Ground; 5. Pet Balkan People; 6. Politicized Pans; III. THE END OF AMBROSIA AND BRIGANDS (1914-1939); 7. Constantinople, Our Star; 8. On the Quai at Smyrna; 9. A Hard Place to Write About; Conclusion: A New Kind of Byronism; Notes; Bibliography; Index; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book analyses how authors employ ideas about romantic nationalism, gender politics, shifts in cultural constructions and literary experimentation to create variations of Greece to suit changing eras. |
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