In Byron's shadow [[electronic resource] ] : modern Greece in the English & American imagination / / David Roessel

• Autore: Roessel David E (David Ernest), <1954->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (408 p.)
• Disciplina: 820.9/32495
• Soggetto topico: English literature - History and criticism; American literature - History and criticism; American literature - Greek influences; English literature - Greek influences
• Soggetto geografico: Greece In literature; English-speaking countries Intellectual life
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-377) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: In Byron's shadow
• ISBN: 0-19-028678-4; 0-19-516662-0; 0-19-803290-0; 1-280-53152-5; 9786610531523; 1-60256-447-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792232803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II