Kazantzakis and the Linguistic Revolution in Greek Literature

by Peter A. Bien

Book Overview

Peter Bien focuses on Kazantzakis' obsession with the demotic, the language "on the lips of the people," showing how it governed his writing, his ambition, and his involvement in Greek politics and educational reform. Kazantzakis' obsession worked against him in his Odyssey and found its natural vehicle only in his translation of Homer's Iliad and his novels, Zorba the Greek, The Last Temptation of Christ, and The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691619794
• ISBN13: 9780691619798
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"