Essays

ΕΡΧΟΜΑΙ ΑΠΟ ΜΑΚΡΙΑ

Author: Kostas Zouraris

“All my efforts are directed towards the contemplative work of Elytis; in the Open Papers and in the In White. For it is prohibitive for me for anyone to speak about poetry. What can you say? You read...

“All my efforts are directed towards the contemplative work of Elytis; in the Open Papers and in the In White. For it is prohibitive for me for anyone to speak about poetry. What can you say? You read poetry, you hear it, it builds you, you sing it. It radiates such beauty that every attempt to speak again about it leads you to a dead end. You disfigure it.

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“All my efforts are directed towards the contemplative work of Elytis; in the Open Papers and in the In White. For it is prohibitive for me for anyone to speak about poetry. What can you say? You read poetry, you hear it, it builds you, you sing it. It radiates such beauty that every attempt to speak again about it leads you to a dead end. You disfigure it.

What we will do, then, is a parallel reading of the 'logographer' (according to Thucydides) Elytis with the great treasure of Greek political literature, so that we can see in one unified cyclical time (where the before, the now, and the after are One), how the elements that form Elytis's Hellenism are rendered, whether they are taken in full consciousness from sources that he knows well, as he is also an eminent scholar, or found in documents that he may not have even read or perused...

  • Author: Kostas Zouraris
  • Publisher: Armos Publications
  • ISBN: 978-960-527-853-3
  • Year of Publication: 2014
  • Number of Pages: 328
  • Cover: Softcover
  • Dimensions: 21x13

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Author
Kostas Zouraris
Publisher
Armos
Language
Greek
Cover
Soft
Number of Pages
328
Release Date
10/2014
Publication Date
2014
Dimensions
14x21 cm
ISBN-13
9789605278533

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“All my efforts are directed towards the contemplative work of Elytis; in the Open Papers and in the In White. For it is prohibitive for me for anyone to speak about poetry. What can you say? You read poetry, you hear it, it builds you, you sing it. It radiates such beauty that every attempt to speak again about it leads you to a dead end. You disfigure it.

What we will do, then, is a parallel reading of the 'logographer' (according to Thucydides) Elytis with the great treasure of Greek political literature, so that we can see in one unified cyclical time (where the before, the now, and the after are One), how the elements that form Elytis's Hellenism are rendered, whether they are taken in full consciousness from sources that he knows well, as he is also an eminent scholar, or found in documents that he may not have even read or perused...

  • Author: Kostas Zouraris
  • Publisher: Armos Publications
  • ISBN: 978-960-527-853-3
  • Year of Publication: 2014
  • Number of Pages: 328
  • Cover: Softcover
  • Dimensions: 21x13

Manufacturer

Author
Kostas Zouraris
Publisher
Armos
Language
Greek
Cover
Soft
Number of Pages
328
Release Date
10/2014
Publication Date
2014
Dimensions
14x21 cm
ISBN-13
9789605278533

Important information

Specifications are collected from official manufacturer websites. Please verify the specifications before proceeding with your final purchase. If you notice any problem you can report it here.

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