TY - BOOK ID - 2384393 TI - The shade of Homer : a study in modern Greek poetry PY - 1989 SN - 0521366631 0521604532 051155415X PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Greek poetry, Modern KW - History and criticism. KW - Greek poetry [Modern ] KW - 19th century KW - History and criticism KW - 20th century KW - Homer KW - Influence KW - Greek poetry, Modern - 19th century - History and criticism. KW - Greek poetry, Modern - 20th century - History and criticism. KW - Homer - Influence. KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Literature KW - Homerus KW - Hóiméar KW - Hūmīrūs KW - Homeros KW - Gomer KW - Omir KW - Omer KW - Omero KW - Ho-ma KW - Homa KW - Homérosz KW - האמער KW - הומירוס KW - הומר KW - הומרוס KW - هومر KW - هوميروس KW - 荷马 KW - Ὅμηρος KW - Гамэр KW - Hamėr KW - Омир KW - Homère KW - Homero KW - 호메로스 KW - Homerosŭ KW - Homērs KW - Homeras KW - Хомер KW - ホメーロス KW - ホメロス KW - Гомер KW - Homeri KW - Hema KW - Pseudo-Homer KW - Pseudo Omero KW - Influence. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:2384393 AB - In exploring the significance of Homer for the poetry of modern Greece - benign shade or looming shadow? - Dr Ricks is tackling a theme that has implications for the study of poetic influence in general. In this 1989 book, he takes the work of Sikelianos, Cavafy and Seferis and subjects a selection of poems to a careful scrutiny. These poems are not imitations of Homer but fresh engagements with Homeric themes, and comparison of the modern versions with the original is found to be illuminating for the poets' methods of composition. Dr Ricks does not lose sight of the larger significance of his subject, and modern poets from outside Greece - Eliot and Pound, in particular - find their way into the discussion. All Greek is translated and the reader has no need to be a specialist in modern or in ancient Greek to find this study absorbing and instructive. ER -