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42 produkter
Europe
A New History
Inbunden, 2026
334 kr
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A new history of the idea of Europe from Ancient Greece to the present'A magisterial history, written with great panache, that is both enlightening and deeply readable. A true tour de force - Peter Frankopan What do we talk about when we talk about Europe? Is it defined by geography? Or is it …
Europe: A New History
Inbunden, 2026
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391 kr
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Digenes Akrites
New Approaches to Byzantine Heroic Poetry
Av Roderick Beaton, David Ricks
Häftad, 2016
889 kr
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Called variously the ’Byzantine epic’, the ’epic of Modern Greece’, an ’epic-romance’ and ’romance’, the poem of Digenes Akrites has, since its rediscovery towards the end of the nineteenth century, exerted a tenacious hold on the imagination of scholars from a wide range of disciplines and from …
Greece
Biography of a Modern Nation
Häftad, 2020
188 kr
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020 AND THE RUNCIMAN AWARD 2021A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'The best history of Greece around... Beautifully written and packed with insights about the culture and the people. I will be dipping into this book for the rest of my life' Victoria …
Greece
Biography of a Modern Nation
E-bok, 2019
125 kr
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020 AND THE RUNCIMAN AWARD 2021A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'The best history of Greece around... Beautifully written and packed with insights about the culture and the people. I will be dipping into this book for the rest of my life' Victoria …
George Seferis
Waiting for the Angel: A Biography
Häftad, 2013
833 kr
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The first biography in any language of one of the world’s greatest modernist poetsPoet, essayist, diarist, novelist, and diplomat, George Seferis brought about a revolution in the way people viewed his native Greece. Acclaimed for his thought-provoking lyric poetry, he was awarded the Nobel Prize …
Byron: The Poetry of Politics and the Politics of Poetry
Av Roderick Beaton, Christine Kenyon Jones
Häftad, 2019
809 kr
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'It is no great matter, supposing that Italy could be liberated, who or what is sacrificed. It is a grand object - the very poetry of politics. Only think - a free Italy!!! Why, there has been nothing like it since the days of Augustus.' So wrote Lord Byron in his journal, in February 1821, only …
Medieval Greek Romance
Häftad, 1996
843 kr
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First published by CUP in 1989, The Medieval Greek Romance provides basic information for the non-specialist about Greek fiction during the period 1071-1453, as well as proposing new solutions to problems that have vexed previous generations of scholars. Roderick Beaton applies sophisticated …
Folk Poetry of Modern Greece
Häftad, 2004
804 kr
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A wide-ranging study of popular poetry and song in the Greek language from the last years of the Byzantine Empire to the present day. The folk poetry of the title includes the songs, composed and handed down by word of mouth, of unlettered villagers, of wandering minstrels with pretensions to …
From Byzantium to Modern Greece
Medieval Texts and their Modern Reception
Inbunden, 2008
2879 kr
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The twelfth century was a time of cultural renewal and innovation in Byzantium, just as it was in the west. In literature, the long disused genres of epic, satire and the novel (or 'romance') took new forms during that century; at the same time, in language, the vernacular made its first tentative …
Making of Modern Greece
Nationalism, Romanticism, and the Uses of the Past (1797–1896)
Av David Ricks, Roderick Beaton
Inbunden, 2009
2818 kr
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Every Greek and every friend of the country knows the date 1821, when the banner of revolution was raised against the empire of the Ottoman Turks, and the story of 'Modern Greece' is usually said to begin. Less well known, but of even greater importance, was the international recognition given to …
Digenes Akrites
New Approaches to Byzantine Heroic Poetry
Av Roderick Beaton, David Ricks
Inbunden, 1993
2879 kr
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Called variously the ’Byzantine epic’, the ’epic of Modern Greece’, an ’epic-romance’ and ’romance’, the poem of Digenes Akrites has, since its rediscovery towards the end of the nineteenth century, exerted a tenacious hold on the imagination of scholars from a wide range of disciplines and from …
Music, Language and Identity in Greece
Defining a National Art Music in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Av Polina Tambakaki, Panos Vlagopoulos m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
727 kr
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The national element in music has been the subject of important studies, yet the scholarly framework has remained restricted almost exclusively to the field of music studies. This volume brings together experts from different fields (musicology, literary theory and modern Greek studies), who investi- …
From Byzantium to Modern Greece
Medieval Texts and their Modern Reception
E-bok, 2024
1150 kr
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The twelfth century was a time of cultural renewal and innovation in Byzantium, just as it was in the west. In literature, the long disused genres of epic, satire and the novel (or ''romance'') took new forms during that century; at the same time, in language, the vernacular made its first …
Byron's War
Romantic Rebellion, Greek Revolution
Inbunden, 2013
2144 kr
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Roderick Beaton re-examines Lord Byron's life and writing through the long trajectory of his relationship with Greece. Beginning with the poet's youthful travels in 1809-1811, Beaton traces his years of fame in London and self-imposed exile in Italy, that culminated in the decision to devote …
Byron's War
Romantic Rebellion, Greek Revolution
Häftad, 2014
486 kr
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Roderick Beaton re-examines Lord Byron's life and writing through the long trajectory of his relationship with Greece. Beginning with the poet's youthful travels in 1809-1811, Beaton traces his years of fame in London and self-imposed exile in Italy, that culminated in the decision to devote …
Medieval Greek Romance
E-bok, 2012
996 kr
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First published by CUP in 1989, The Medieval Greek Romance provides basic information for the non-specialist about Greek fiction during the period 1071-1453, as well as proposing new solutions to problems that have vexed previous generations of scholars. Roderick Beaton applies sophisticated …
Medieval Greek Romance
E-bok, 2012
996 kr
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First published by CUP in 1989, The Medieval Greek Romance provides basic information for the non-specialist about Greek fiction during the period 1071-1453, as well as proposing new solutions to problems that have vexed previous generations of scholars. Roderick Beaton applies sophisticated …
Music, Language and Identity in Greece
Defining a National Art Music in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Av Polina Tambakaki, Panos Vlagopoulos m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
2578 kr
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The national element in music has been the subject of important studies, yet the scholarly framework has remained restricted almost exclusively to the field of music studies. This volume brings together experts from different fields (musicology, literary theory and modern Greek studies), who investi- …
Making of Modern Greece
Nationalism, Romanticism, and the Uses of the Past (1797–1896)
Av David Ricks, Roderick Beaton
Häftad, 2019
863 kr
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Every Greek and every friend of the country knows the date 1821, when the banner of revolution was raised against the empire of the Ottoman Turks, and the story of 'Modern Greece' is usually said to begin. Less well known, but of even greater importance, was the international recognition given to …
Making of Modern Greece
Nationalism, Romanticism, and the Uses of the Past (1797–1896)
Av David Ricks, Roderick Beaton
E-bok, 2016
1052 kr
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Every Greek and every friend of the country knows the date 1821, when the banner of revolution was raised against the empire of the Ottoman Turks, and the story of ''Modern Greece'' is usually said to begin. Less well known, but of even greater importance, was the international recognition given to …
Making of Modern Greece
Nationalism, Romanticism, and the Uses of the Past (1797–1896)
Av David Ricks, Roderick Beaton
E-bok, 2016
1030 kr
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Every Greek and every friend of the country knows the date 1821, when the banner of revolution was raised against the empire of the Ottoman Turks, and the story of ''Modern Greece'' is usually said to begin. Less well known, but of even greater importance, was the international recognition given to …
Byron: The Poetry of Politics and the Politics of Poetry
Av Christine Kenyon Jones, Roderick Beaton
E-bok, 2016
956 kr
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''It is no great matter, supposing that Italy could be liberated, who or what is sacrificed. It is a grand object - the very poetry of politics. Only think - a free Italy!!! Why, there has been nothing like it since the days of Augustus.'' So wrote Lord Byron in his journal, in February 1821, only …
Byron: The Poetry of Politics and the Politics of Poetry
Av Christine Kenyon Jones, Roderick Beaton
E-bok, 2016
956 kr
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''It is no great matter, supposing that Italy could be liberated, who or what is sacrificed. It is a grand object - the very poetry of politics. Only think - a free Italy!!! Why, there has been nothing like it since the days of Augustus.'' So wrote Lord Byron in his journal, in February 1821, only …
Digenes Akrites
New Approaches to Byzantine Heroic Poetry
Av David Ricks, Roderick Beaton
E-bok, 2017
1175 kr
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Called variously the ’Byzantine epic’, the ’epic of Modern Greece’, an ’epic-romance’ and ’romance’, the poem of Digenes Akrites has, since its rediscovery towards the end of the nineteenth century, exerted a tenacious hold on the imagination of scholars from a wide range of disciplines and from …
Digenes Akrites
New Approaches to Byzantine Heroic Poetry
Av David Ricks, Roderick Beaton
E-bok, 2017
1150 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Called variously the ’Byzantine epic’, the ’epic of Modern Greece’, an ’epic-romance’ and ’romance’, the poem of Digenes Akrites has, since its rediscovery towards the end of the nineteenth century, exerted a tenacious hold on the imagination of scholars from a wide range of disciplines and from …
Music, Language and Identity in Greece
Defining a National Art Music in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Av Roderick Beaton, Katerina Levidou m. fl.
E-bok, 2019
956 kr
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The national element in music has been the subject of important studies, yet the scholarly framework has remained restricted almost exclusively to the field of music studies. This volume brings together experts from different fields (musicology, literary theory and modern Greek studies), who investi- …
