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" As handsome as a Greek : "
Rosenberg, Anna
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Latin Dissertation
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Record Number
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1100377
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Doc. No
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TLets629432
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Main Entry
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Rosenberg, Anna
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Title & Author
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As handsome as a Greek :\ Rosenberg, Anna
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College
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King's College London (University of London)
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Date
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2007
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2007
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Degree
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Ph.D.
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Abstract
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This thesis examines the relationship between Federico Garda Lorca andModern Greek poetry as witnessed during the period 1933 to 1986. ExploringLorca's vast popularity in Greece and arguing for his Hellenization, it isdivided into two parts relating to reception and creative appropriationrespectively.The first part deals with three forms of reception: translations, criticism, andpoetic tributes to Lorca. Translations of his work, with a particular focus onpoetry, and critical attention Lorca the poet and person received, are discussedin view of the social, political, and ideological context of the period 1933-1986.Poetic tributes, mainly inspired by Lorca's death at the outbreak of the SpanishCivil War, are also examined as an integral part of his importation andaccommodation in the Greek context.The second part of this thesis explores the ways four major Greek poets,Odysseus Ely tis, Nikos Gatsos, Yiannis Ritsos, and Nikos Engonopouloscreatively appropriated elements of Lorca's poetry in their own work. Thesepoets sought to forge their national and literary identity through renegotiatingtheir relationship with Greek tradition and contemporary artistic andideological European movements, especially Surrealism. In Lorca, they foundinspirational means of addressing these preoccupations.This thesis follows the uninterrupted trajectory of Lorca in Greece offering atthe same time a new perspective on Modern Greek poetry. A diachronicexamination of the interconnection between the various forms of response toLorca demonstrates that the Spanish writer played a decisive role in thedevelopment of Modern Greek poetry.
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King's College London (University of London)
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