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<p>Peter Bien focuses on Kazantzakis' obsession with the demotic, the language "on the lips of the people," showing how it governed his writing, his ambition, and his involvement in Greek politics and educational reform. Kazantzakis' obsession worked against him in his <i>Odyssey</i> and found its natural vehicle only in his translation of Homer's <i>Iliad</i> and his novels, <i>Zorba the Greek</i>,<i> The Last Temptation of Christ</i>, and <i>The Greek Passion</i>.<br><br>Originally published i

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Author
Bien, Peter;Kazantzakis, Nikos
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Published
1972
Language
EN
ISBN
9781400867332
Category
literary studies
Subjects
Literary Criticism, History, Literary Fiction
Updated
2026-03-25

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