The Axion Esti
Author | : Odysseus Elytis |
Publisher | : University of Pittsburgh Press |
Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 2014-08-05 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780822980643 |
ISBN-13 | : 0822980649 |
Rating | : 4/5 (649 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Axion Esti written by Odysseus Elytis and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Axion Esti is probably the most widely read volume of verse to have appeared in Greece since World War II and remains a classic today. Those who follow the music of Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis have been especially drawn to Odysseus Elytis's work, his prose is widely considered a mirror to the revolutionary music of Theodorakis. The "autobiographical" elements are constantly colored by allusion to the history of Greece, thus, the poems express a contemporary consciousness fully resonant with those echoes of the past that have served most to shape the modern Greek experience.