Neohellenic Language and Literature: Three Lectures Delivered at Oxford in June 1897 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Platon E. Drakoules

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330429796 ISBN 13: 9781330429792

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2020

Synopsis

Excerpt from Neohellenic Language and Literature: Three Lectures Delivered at Oxford in June 1897 These lectures, delivered at the Taylor Institution last June, are now published at the request of many who heard them. Scarcely any alterations, beyond a few verbal improvements, have been made, but one or two specimens of poetry, omitted while lecturing through lack of time, are now re-included. I am inclined to think that the present work is not superfluous. A handy booklet giving a general idea of the state and nature of contemporary Greek seems to be wanted. Many valuable works on modern Greece have been written by able pens, and thereby the interest taken in her literary history has been increasing; while the recognition of the Greek language, as the most important monument of Hellenic antiquity left to us, becomes more and more general. It has been said that an artist cannot dispense with the study of the relics of Greek art; much less, we may say, can a student of Greek thought and expression afford to do without a full knowledge of the language of the Greeks as it at present lives. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

About this edition

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 1330429796
• ISBN 13: 9781330429792
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 83