Imaging Suli: Interactions between Philhellenic Ideas and Greek Identity Discourse - Hardcover

Janion, Ewa Róża

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3631669917 ISBN 13: 9783631669914

Publisher: Peter Lang AG, 2015

Synopsis

Suli is a mountainous land in Epirus in northwestern Greece. This book collates its Greek 19th-century vision with the European view in the works of English, French, Italian, and Polish philhellenes. Investigating the interactions between various images of Suli, it analyses its functioning in different European cultures: the first historical mentions of Suli, the role of Byron’s poems in shaping its image, Greek folk songs about female fighters from Suli, and the mass suicide of Suliote women known as the Dance of Zalongo. Especially the legend about the bravery of the Suliotes has been important in Greek national discourse and the study follows the threads of the legend formed by Greek intellectuals and the European Philhellenes.

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About the Author

Ewa Róża Janion holds a PhD in cultural studies from the University of Warsaw, Poland. Her main intellectual interests revolve around the questions of national identity and gender representations. She works within the fields of Hellenic and Mediterranean studies, focusing on the modern and contemporary literature.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Lang AG
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3631669917
• ISBN 13: 9783631669914
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 221