Abstract
Nikos Gatsos' Amorgos is approached here as a polyphonic poem that synthesizes elements of the Greek literary tradition into an intertextual palimpsest of fragments, in the vein of the modernist 'long poem'. The surrealist poet maintains a fine balance between tradition and radical innovation, shaping Amorgos as a place where poetry is created as an interaction of opposing tendencies. The topical character of the poem is underscored by its title: the sea-and-land imagery evokes the island as a literary topos of seclusion and self-sufficiency that lends its characteristics to the composition itself: a 'compendium' of poetic writing and avant-garde aesthetics.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 191-212 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies |
Volume | 31 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2007 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Cultural Studies
- Language and Linguistics
- History
- Linguistics and Language
- Literature and Literary Theory