modern Greece in the English & American imagination /
First Statement of Responsibility
David Roessel.
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Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
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Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2002.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (xxii, 385 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-377) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Modern Greece, constructed by the early 19th-century ideals and ideas associated with Byron, has been haunted, holy ground in English and American literature for almost two centuries. This text analyzes 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.; Complementing and complicating Edward Said's view of relations between East and West, Roessel discusses the way perceptions of modern Greece have been shaped by historical events, arguing that the Greek struggle for independence became a touchstone in the English and American imagination of the 19th century, and that 20th-century Greece became a symbol of the attitudes and ideals that many believed caused the Great War.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
In Byron's shadow.
International Standard Book Number
9780195143867
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Byron, George Gordon Byron,1788-1824-- Influence.
Byron, George Gordon Byron,1788-1824-- Knowledge-- Greece.
Byron, George Gordon Byron,1788-1824-- Et la Grèce.
Byron, George Gordon Byron,1788-1824-- Influence.
Byron, George Gordon Byron,1788-1824.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
American literature-- Greek influences.
American literature-- History and criticism.
English literature-- Greek influences.
English literature-- History and criticism.
Grèce dans la littérature.
Littérature américaine-- 18e siècle-- Thèmes, motifs.
Littérature américaine-- 19e siècle-- Thèmes, motifs.
Littérature américaine-- 20e siècle-- Thèmes, motifs.
Littérature anglaise-- 18e siècle-- Thèmes, motifs.
Littérature anglaise-- 19e siècle-- Thèmes, motifs.
Littérature anglaise-- 20e siècle-- Thèmes, motifs.