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Selected Poems
Nikos Engonopoulos
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Description for Selected Poems
Hardback. Nikos Engonopoulos belongs to a little-known yet extremely active and influential group of Greek surrealist poets and was one of its most orthodox exponents. This volume, introduced by the translator, contains some sixty poems, including representative selections from each of his published collections and the whole of his long poem Bolivar. Translator(s): Connolly, David. Series: Harvard Early Modern and Modern Greek Library. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Nikos Engonopoulos (1907-1985) was one of the most prominent representatives of Greek Surrealist poetry and painting. Closely associated with Andreas Embeirikos, the patriarch of Surrealism in Greece, and with Nicolas Calas, an influential figure of the European and American avant-garde, Engonopoulos developed highly experimental pictorial and poetic aesthetics. In both his paintings and poems, he engaged in a critical, often ironic dialogue with Greek history and cultural traditions and their ideological appropriations in established cultural and political discourses. Engonopoulos was arguably the keenest advocate of Surrealist black humor and irony in Greece. His overall approach to the Greek ... Read more
Nikos Engonopoulos (1907-1985) was one of the most prominent representatives of Greek Surrealist poetry and painting. Closely associated with Andreas Embeirikos, the patriarch of Surrealism in Greece, and with Nicolas Calas, an influential figure of the European and American avant-garde, Engonopoulos developed highly experimental pictorial and poetic aesthetics. In both his paintings and poems, he engaged in a critical, often ironic dialogue with Greek history and cultural traditions and their ideological appropriations in established cultural and political discourses. Engonopoulos was arguably the keenest advocate of Surrealist black humor and irony in Greece. His overall approach to the Greek ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard Department of the Classics
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Series
Harvard Early Modern and Modern Greek Library
Condition
New
Weight
665g
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780674063440
SKU
V9780674063440
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About Nikos Engonopoulos
David Connolly is Professor of Translation Studies in the School of English at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
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