Introduction to modern Greek literature
Subtitle: an anthology of fiction, drama, and poetry.
By: Edited and translated by Mary P. Gianos. Poetry translations by Kimon Friar.
Series: Twayne's introduction to world literature series
Publisher: Twayne Publishers
Published: 1969
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; gre
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 548
Subjects: Greek literature, Modern -- Translations into English; Greece -- Literary collections
Description: Chronological presentation of Greek writers born between 1850 and 1914.
Table of contents: title: Fiction. Poetry and truth in neo-Hellenic life / Panayotis Kanellopoulos -- Humble Life / I. M. Panayotopoulos -- Psychology of a husband from the island of Syra / Emmanuel Roidis -- The dreamer / Alexandros Papadiamantis -- Village life / Konstantinos Theotokis -- The sea / Andreas Karkavitsas -- Clara’s dream / Konstantinos Hadzopoulos -- The cat’s eye (translated by Irvin Ziemann) / Tratis Myrivilis -- Mycenae / Elias Venezis -- A double / Kosmas Politis -- Lights on the sea / Petros Haris -- The traffic officer of Phigalia / Takis Doxas -- The wedding / Yiannis Manglis -- Fear / Markos Lazaridis -- The path of dawn / Demetrios Yiakos -- Drama. Divine dream / Gregorios Xenopoulos -- The game of folly vs. wisdom / George Theotokas -- The last tournament (translated by André Michalopoulos) / Pandelis Prevelakis -- Hostages / Loukis Akritas -- Poetry.  Ithaca / Constantine Cavafis -- The city / Constantine Cavafis -- The God forsakes Antony / Constantine Cavafis -- He swears / Constantine Cavafis -- Sparta / Angelos Sikelianos -- Unrecorded / Angelos Sikelianos -- Odysseus and the cicada / Nikos Kazantzakis The death of Krino / Nikos Kazantzakis -- I shall die one day on a mournful autumn twilight / Kostas Ouranis -- Stop sending now / Kostas Ouranis -- The unlooked-for theme / Takis Papatzonis -- The sluggish of mind / Takis Papatzonis -- Only / Kostas Kariotakis -- Athens / Kostas Kariotakis -- Optimism / Kostas Kariotakis -- In the manner of G. S. / George Seferis -- Our own sun / George Seferis -- Stratis the mariner by the Dead Sea / George Seferis -- Appearance / George Themelis -- Passing / George Themelis -- Worker in the workshop of time / Zoe Karelli -- Presences / Zoe Karelli -- Kiss of silence / Zoe Karelli -- Light on a whale / Andreas Embiricos -- Spring as always / Andreas Embiricos -- The Euphrates / Andreas Embiricos -- The night / George Thomas Vafopoulos -- The return of the satyrs / George Thomas Vafopoulos -- The mask / George Thomas Vafopoulos -- The Cleopatra, The Semiramis, and the Theodora / Alexander Baras -- Bride / George Sarandaris -- Friendships / George Sarandaris -- Stage set / Melissanthi -- Atonement / Melissanthi -- Guilty conscience / Yannis Ritsos -- The first sensual delight / Yannis Ritsos -- Under suspicion / Yannis Ritsos -- Degrees of emotion / Yannis Ritsos -- Builders / Yannis Ritsos -- Mercurius Bouas / Nikos Engonopoulos -- Psychoanalysis of phantoms / Nikos Engonopoulos -- Poetry 1948 / Nikos Engonopoulos -- Adventure of Psyche / Alexander Matsas -- Diver / Alexander Matsas -- Body of summer / Odysseus Elytis -- The autopsy / Odysseus Elytis -- This wind that loiters / Odysseus Elytis -- To a friend / Nikiphoros Vrettakos -- The other morning / Nikiphoros Vrettakos -- The flowering dogwood / Nikiphoros Vrettakos -- From amorgós / Nikos Gatsos -- The testimony of the mirror / Takis Varvitsiotis -- To Federico Garcia Lorca / Takis Varvitsiotis.