Kazantzakis and Linguistic Revolution in Greek Literature / / Peter Bien.

Peter Bien focuses on Kazantzakis' obsession with the demotic, the language "on the lips of the people," showing how it governed his writing, his ambition, and his involvement in Greek politics and educational reform. Kazantzakis' obsession worked against him in his Odyssey and f...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]
©1972
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Princeton Essays in Literature ; 1431
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Prefatory Note
  • Contents
  • Prologue
  • PART ONE. The Historical Background
  • 1. The Language Question
  • 2. Korais
  • 3. The Atticizers and Psiharis
  • 4. The Response
  • 5. Later Developments
  • PART TWO. The Demoticism of Kazantzakis
  • 6. Initial Development and Activism
  • 7. The Odyssey, Iliad, and Other Writings
  • Epilogue
  • Bibliography
  • Index