Vitsentzos Kornaros, Erotokritos A Translation with Introduction and Notes |
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| Edited and Translated by:
| Betts, Gavin
Gauntlett, Stathis
Spilias, Thanasis |
| Series title: | Byzantina Australiensia Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-876503-12-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2004 |
| Publisher: | Australian Association for Byzantine Studies
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $36.00 |
Book Description:
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During the later years of the Venetian occupation of Crete (1211-1669) the island enjoyed the intellectual and cultural stimulus of the Renaissance. This bore fruit not only in the work of painters such as Dominikos Theotokopoulos, alias El Greco, but also in poetry, where Vitsentzos Kornaros composed the most important work of early modern Greek literature, Erotokritos. Written c. 1600, this romance takes over the theme of a minor French poem,
Paris et Vienneof Pierre de la...
More DescriptionDuring the later years of the Venetian occupation of Crete (1211-1669) the island enjoyed the intellectual and cultural stimulus of the Renaissance. This bore fruit not only in the work of painters such as Dominikos Theotokopoulos, alias El Greco, but also in poetry, where Vitsentzos Kornaros composed the most important work of early modern Greek literature, Erotokritos. Written c. 1600, this romance takes over the theme of a minor French poem, Paris et Vienneof Pierre de la Cypède, and puts it in a Hellenic setting where knights, both Greek and foreign, come to joust in an imaginary pre-christian Athens. It is here presented for the first time in a complete English prose translation with a scholarly introduction and notes.