The Englishman in Greece: Being a Collection of the Verse of Many English Poets (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Rennell Rodd

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330753852 ISBN 13: 9781330753859

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from The Englishman in Greece: Being a Collection of the Verse of Many English Poets

The hurried traveller in quest of the antique will hardly pause to note these interesting survivals, appreciable only to those who follow the less frequented byway. More familiar to the visitor is the politician of the coffee-shop in the capital, but the seductions of the metropolis have not yet impaired the simple character of the moun taineer, proudly independent and hospitable, temperate and of exemplary chastity, free from many of the vices with which more elaborate civilizations are familiar. Indeed the Greek peasant is the salt of the nation. To his endurance and sacrifice it was mainly due that the emancipation of his country was finally accomplished. Alert and intelligent by nature, he is capable of remarkable development in other surroundings, while in his own appropriate atmosphere he seems to have retained some portion of the ideal which finds expression in a Wealth of folk-song such as few other lands can boast, the product of the open air and the free hill-side.

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Excerpt from The Englishman in Greece: Being a Collection of the Verse of Many English Poets The literary record of the Englishman in Greece offers a less copious material from which to select than that of the Englishman in Italy, to which cherished land, throughout the century but recently closed, our most illustrious singers have dedicated so much of their affection and genius. With the exception of Byron the greater English poets have known Greece only in the spirit, though Keats indeed might almost be regarded as one born in exile from his appropriate country, consumed with a perpetual longing for the Latmos and Olympos of his dreams. And now that the highways and waterways are open, that communications easy and secure have unveiled the hidden charms of the storied land, it would almost seem as though the fountains of inspiration were dry. A selection from the works of English authors on Greece must therefore inevitably rather reflect the classic spirit than reveal the living character. 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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1330753852
• ISBN 13: 9781330753859
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 335