{"product_id":"the-shade-of-homer-a-study-in-modern-greek-poetry-hardback-9780521366632","title":"The Shade of Homer; A Study in Modern Greek Poetry (Hardback) 9780521366632","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Shade of Homer\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Study in Modern Greek Poetry\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1989 book explores the significance of Homer for the poetry of modern Greece.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Ricks (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521366632, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 November 1989\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.6 cm, 0.42 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"The case is proved to the hilt in this book of strenuous thinking and careful discrimination.\"   Henry Gifford, Journal of Modern Greek Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn exploring the significance of Homer for the poetry of modern Greece - benign shade or looming shadow? - Dr Ricks is tackling a theme that has implications for the study of poetic influence in general. In this 1989 book, he takes the work of Sikelianos, Cavafy and Seferis and subjects a selection of poems to a careful scrutiny. These poems are not imitations of Homer but fresh engagements with Homeric themes, and comparison of the modern versions with the original is found to be illuminating for the poets' methods of composition. Dr Ricks does not lose sight of the larger significance of his subject, and modern poets from outside Greece - Eliot and Pound, in particular - find their way into the discussion. All Greek is translated and the reader has no need to be a specialist in modern or in ancient Greek to find this study absorbing and instructive.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: Homer and the modern Greek poets\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Homer in the New Greece: The Spirit and the Letter: 1. Kalvos and Solomos\u003cbr\u003e 2. Archaism and kleftism\u003cbr\u003e 3. Palamas\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Sikelianos: 4. The Homeric inheritance\u003cbr\u003e 5. Greek romanticism comes of age\u003cbr\u003e 6. Beyond Homer\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Cavafy: 7. Modes of misquotation\u003cbr\u003e 8. Ancient days\u003cbr\u003e 9. Homer into history\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Seferis: 10. Scholia\u003cbr\u003e 11. Ulysses\/Disseas\u003cbr\u003e 12. Homer and the poetic vocation\u003cbr\u003e 13. Beyond the folk tradition\u003cbr\u003e 14. Spirit and letter in 'The King of Asine'\u003cbr\u003e Reflections\u003cbr\u003e Further reading\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005003092248,"sku":"9780521366632","price":86.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521366632i_febc9380-67b1-4171-8388-a5bd74130497.jpg?v=1691375765","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-shade-of-homer-a-study-in-modern-greek-poetry-hardback-9780521366632","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}