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Kazantzakis and the linguistic revolution in Greek literature by Bien, Peter;Kazantzakis, Nikos is a literary studies available to read on EtoBox.
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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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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- 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