The Shade of Homer
Subtitle: A Study in Modern Greek Poetry
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 26, 1990
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780521366632
Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Homer; Modern Greek Literature; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Modern Greek; Literary Criticism; Influence; European - General; Greek poetry, Modern--19th century--History and criticism; Literary Criticism & Collections / European; General; 19th century; 20th century; Greek poetry, Modern; History and criticism
First sentence: If modern Greece has an intellectual Founding Father it is without doubt Adamandios Korais (Coray) (1748-1833), a textual scholar of international renown and a liberal ideologue with a deep influence on the attitudes of independent Greece.