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Informationen zum Autor BRUCE MERRY is Associate Professor of English at Kuwait University. His previous books include Women in Italian Literature (1990). Klappentext This reference provides more than 800 alphabetically arranged entries on important authors, texts, genres, themes, and topics in Greek literature from the Byzantine period to the present. Brief, readable entries provide basic information on the history and development of modern Greek literature and language. Each entry is thoroughly cross-referenced, and most conclude with a bibliography of further information resources. Greece has an old and influential literary tradition. The lion's share of attention has been given to classical Greek literature, yet the nation continues to produce significant imaginative works. This reference provides more than 800 alphabetically arranged entries on important authors, texts, genres, themes, and topics in Greek literature from the Byzantine period to the present. Brief, readable entries provide basic information on the history and development of modern Greek literature and language. Each entry is thoroughly cross-referenced, and most conclude with a bibliography of further information resources. The encyclopedia also offers a useful chronology of modern Greek literature, a select bibliography of important general works, and a detailed subject index. Zusammenfassung This reference provides more than 800 alphabetically arranged entries on important authors! texts! genres! themes! and topics in Greek literature from the Byzantine period to the present. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Entries Preface Introduction Abbreviations Used in the Entries Chronology Encyclopedia of Modern Greek Literature Select General Bibliography Index About the Author
