Modernist Hellenism argues that engagement with Greek was central to the evolution of modernist poetics throughout the first half of the twentieth century. It shows that Eliot, Pound, and H.D. all turn to Greek literature, and increasingly Greek tragedy, as they attempt to grapple not only with thei...

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1. Verfasser:	Stergiopoulou, Katerina (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge, United Kingdom Cambridge University Press 2024
Schlagworte:	Pound, Ezra / 1885-1972 / Criticism and interpretation Eliot, T. S. / (Thomas Stearns) / 1888-1965 / Criticism and interpretation H. D. / (Hilda Doolittle) / 1886-1961 / Criticism and interpretation American literature / Greek influences American poetry / 20th century / History and criticism Hellenism in literature Modernism (Literature)
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Zusammenfassung:	Modernist Hellenism argues that engagement with Greek was central to the evolution of modernist poetics throughout the first half of the twentieth century. It shows that Eliot, Pound, and H.D. all turn to Greek literature, and increasingly Greek tragedy, as they attempt to grapple not only with their own evolving poetics but also with changing sociocultural circumstances at large. Revisiting major modernist works from the perspective of each poet's translations and adaptations from Greek, and drawing on archival materials, the book distinguishes Pound and H.D.'s work from Eliot's and argues for the existence of a specifically modernist hellenism (rather than, say, classicizing or idealizing, decadent or heretical), which is personal, politicized, and unconstrained by institutional standards, but also profoundly textual, language-based, and engaged with classical scholarship. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Nov 2024) Introduction : towards a modernist Hellenism -- Section I. Hellenists and modernists : from image to drama. "The some more vital equation" : writing the image between Hellenism and modernism; "The glory that was this and the grandeur that was the other" : Pound, Eliot, and Greek drama -- Section II. "I don't want to write it" : measuring Greece between the wars. "What is Greece if you draw back?" : translating Hellenism into modernism; "Who fished the murex up" : the distillation of Ion -- Section III: Tragedy and translation in late modernism. From Agamemnon to Herakles : Eliot's plays and the Four quartets; "Now time to go back to an effort of 1912" : Elektrifying English at St. Elizabeths; "From the dawn blaze to sunset" : the languages of the image -- Section IV: The long imagist poem. Pallinodes and eidola : "catching up to the past" in H.D.'s Helen in Egypt
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (xii, 490 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781009371469
DOI:	10.1017/9781009371469