Roderick Beaton

Folk Poetry of Modern Greece

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A wide-ranging study of popular poetry and songs from the end of the Byzantine Empire to the present.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 355g
• ISBN-13: 9780521604208
• ISBN-10: 0521604206
• Artikelnr.: 21951589

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Maps
1. Introduction
2. The demotic tradition: the song
3. Structure of the demotic tradition: the formula
4. Structure of the demotic tradition: imagery and themes
5. The emergence of the demotic tradition
6. Function of the demotic tradition: the songs and history
7. The songs as myth
8. One tradition or several?
9. The historical tradition
10. Greek folk poetry and writing
Notes
Glossary of Greek words transliterated in the text
Bibliography
Index.