Author : Peter Mackridge
Release : 2023-03-31
Genre : Literary Criticism
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 719/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Ancient Greek Myth in Modern Greek Poetry by : Peter Mackridge
Download or read book Ancient Greek Myth in Modern Greek Poetry written by Peter Mackridge. This book was released on 2023-03-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1996, this volume contains essays by scholars, critics and translators and includes themes such as the myth in the Cretan Renaissance and the use of ancient myth by 19th and 20th Century poets. Some essays deal with individual mythical figures such as Odysseus, Orpheus, Prometheus and Aphrodite, while others deal with the problematic issue of the use of myth by Greek women poets. The discussion is completed by comparing attitudes to the ancient Greeks as embodied in English and modern Greek poetry.