Μείζονες διαστάσεις της ποιητικής πράξης και του κριτικού στοχασμού του Κωστή Παλαμά
Part of : Παρνασσός ; Vol.ΝΑ, No.1, 2009, pages 11-30
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Major dimensions of Costis Palamas’ poetic action and critical reflexion
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Costis Palamas dominated modern Grerek literary life for 30 or more years and greatly influenced the entire political-intellectual climate of his time. His most important poem, The Twelve Lays of the Gypsy (1907), is a poetical and philosophical journey. His Gypsy is a free-thinking, intellectual rebel, a nomad in a post-classical, post-Byzantine Greek world, an explorer of work, love, art, country, history, religion and science, keenly aware of his roots and of the contradictions between his classical and Christian heritages. Palamas was one of the most respected literary critics of his day, and his contributions were instrumental in the reappraisal of the works of Andreas Calvos, Dionysios Solomos and the Ionian School of poetry. The activities of Palamas both as a poet and as a critic, together with his struggle for political freedom and for the prevailing of vernacular modern Greek, as opposed to the conservative language of the purists, are essentially intertwined in the frame of his broader stance in favor of national and humanistic ideals.
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