MEDIEVAL AND MODERN GREEK LITERATURE

Η κακοπαντρεμένη

[The badly wedded lady]

Α. van Gemert (ed.)

Ο Κάτης και ο μποντικός [Katis and the mouse]

C. Luciani (ed.)

ISBN 978-960-231-141-7

The badly wedded lady or A rhyme about the old man and the girl is an anonymous, satirical and educational poem written in the 15th or early 16th century, whose theme revolves around the mismatched marriage, both in terms of age and in terms of social convention, between a young lady and an old man, who offers clothes, money, even property as ‘dowry’ for the marriage. Narrated (maybe even written) by an experienced and Rabelaisian woman, the poem is addressed mainly to single girls, and warns them of the consequences of such a marriage.

ISBN 978-960-231-143-1

Katis and the mouse is a short, amusing folk poem written during the Renaissance, whose theme centres on the cat and mouse game. The poet, probably from Crete, narrates, in a satirical mood, a variation of a well-known tale (familiar from oral folk tradition as well), which has instructive implications regarding relations of power and weakness, deceit and gullibility.

Πτωχολέων [Ptocholeon]

G. Kechagioglou (ed.)

Βαρλαάμ και Ιωάσαφ

[Varlaam and

Ioasaf]

P. Vasiliou

€ 15, pp. 216

ISBN 978-960-231-146-2

Ptocholeon is an anonymous folk poem, written probably in the late Middle Ages, but having a significant manuscript tradition until the third quarter of the 18th century. It is a philosophical/ instructive and humorously bold account of the story of a wise old assessor who unexpectedly, but in an infallible and demystifying manner, reveals the trashy behind the deceptive front of fancy/impressive objects, animals and persons.

ISBN 960-231-106-1

Varlaam and Ioasaf is rightfully considered one of the masterpieces of Byzantine religious literature and was one of its most popular and most widespread works.

Πεζογραφική Aνθο-λογία: Αφηγηματικός γραπτός νεοελλη-νικός λόγος (τόμοι Α΄ & Β΄) [An anthology of prose: Modern Greek written narrative (Vols A & B)]

G. Kechagioglou (ed.)

Νεοελληνική μετρική [Modern Greek metre]

Th. Stavrou

ISBN 960-231-091-Χ

The main aim of this two-volume anthology is to present the evolution of Modern Greek written narrative (literary, religious, historiographic, reflective, etc.). The anthology seeks to introduce the reader to the linguistic and expressive pluralism not only of folk narrative, but also of the scholarly and archaistic Greek-speaking narrative production from the 14th century till the foundation of the Modern Greek state.

ISBN 960-231-045-6

The aim of the book is to formulate the metric rules of Modern Greek based on an objective examination of Modern Greek metre phenomena, to discuss the nature of Modern Greek verse, as this becomes evident in folk song and personal poetry, and to classify it on the basis of its main features.

Νεοελληνικάκείμενα για το Γυμνάσιο. Τόμος Α΄ [Modern Greek literature for junior high school. Vol. A]

Edited by a team

Νεοελληνικά κείμενα για το Γυμνάσιο. Τόμος Β΄ [Modern Greek literature for junior high school. Vol. B]

Edited by a team

This is an anthology of texts written by modern Greek writers of the late 19th and early 20th century: Palamas, Drosinis, Polemis, Souris, Vikelas, Roidis, Vizyinos, Kondylakis, Mitsakis, Psycharis, Pallis, Eftaliotis, Krystallis, Christovasilis, Karkavitsas, Vlachogiannis, Travlantonis.

ISBN 960-231-041-3

The second volume of the anthology consists of texts written mainly by modern Greek writers of the early 20th century: Xenopoulos, Hatzopoulos, Theotokis, Dragoumis, Malakasis, Gryparis, Porfyras, Varnalis, Papantoniou, Ouranis, Kariotakis, Agras, Kontoglou, Myrivilis, Venezis.

Ίων Δραγούμης (Ίδας). Εκλογή από το έργο του [Ion Dragoumis (Idas). A selection of his works]

F. Th. Tzortzaki (ed.)

Εφταλιώτης και Πάλλης. Εκλογή από το έργο τους

[Eftaliotis and Pallis. A selection of their works]

Th. Stavrou (ed.)

ISBN 960-231-038-3

Dragoumis, one of the first proponents of Demotic Greek, writes at a time when Demotic still struggles to consolidate its position in literature. In this book, the reader will be able to appreciate the language style of the author and, at the same time, obtain further information about his work, including others’ views on it.

ISBN 960-231-040-5

This is an anthology in which excerpts from the work of the two modern Greek scholars are presented, together with explanatory notes, language parallels and questions which make the book particularly useful to teachers of Modern Greek literature.

Ψυχάρης, Η νίκη του πόνου και της αγάπης [Psycharis, The victory of pain and love]

G. Pateridou (ed.)

Από τον ύστερο Μεσαίωνα ώς τον 18ο αι. Εισαγωγή στα παλιότερα κείμενα της νεοελληνικής λογοτεχνίας [From the Late Middle Ages to the 18th c. An introduction to the older Modern Greek texts]

G. Kechagioglou (ed.)

ISBN 978-960-231-135-6

This is the first publication (almost a hundred years since it was written) of an unknown novel by Psycharis, edited from a manuscript that was found in the Library of Parliament. The novel, which was completed in 1914, when Psycharis was almost seventy years of age, radiates a youthful vigor, with its provocative love theme and with the vividness of the narration.

ISBN 978-960-231-139-4

This is a short critical introduction to Modern Greek literature from its inception, during the Late Middle Ages, to the third quarter of the 18th century. For each individual phase of this extended time period, the author examines the time-space context of literary creation, its linguistic expression, its relationship to the pre-existing local literary tradition, but also its cultural exchanges with the East and the West, etc.

Ο Ψυχάρης και η εποχή του

[Psycharis and his era]

G. Farinou-Malamatari (ed.)

Ανδρέας Καρκαβίτσας. Εκλογή από το έργο του [Andreas Karkavitsas. A selection of his works]

F. Th. Tzortzaki

ISBN 960-231-118-5

This volume comprises 40 papers presented at the 11th Scientific Meeting of the Department of Medieval and Modern Greek Studies, School of Philology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (October 2004). The Meeting was dedicated to Psycharis, and was organized to commemorate the 150th anniversary of his birthday and the 75th anniversary of his death.

ISBN 960-231-039-1

This is a collection of short stories and novellas written by Karkavitsas (‘The cursed’, ‘Spathogiannos’, ‘The Yusuri’ [Black Mediterranean Coral], ‘The beggar’, and others). The book contains useful information about the author, a glossary and questions so that it can also be of use to the teacher of Modern Greek literature.

«Απολλώνιος της Τύρου»: Υστερομεσαιωνικές και νεότερες ελληνικές μορφές

[«Apollonius of Tyre»: Late Medieval and subsequent Greek versions]

G. Kechagioglou (ed.)

Αλληλογραφία: Επιστολές λογίων του 20ού αιώνα

[Correspondence: Letters of 20th century scholars]

E. Kriaras

ISBN 960-231-108-8

This three-volume work contains the Late Medieval and subsequent Greek folk versions of a renowned ancient novel of maritime and other adventures, of romance, of complicated family relationships, etc. The novel had a profound impact on the anonymous and known prose and poetry of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance as well as on the literary and book production of subsequent periods.

ISBN 978-960-231-121-9

The book presents a collection of letters by authors, scientists and other scholars, which were written between 1924 and 2002 and belong to the rich epistolary archive of Emm. Kriaras. The book aims to familiarize readers with multifaceted events of the past through the authentic words of people who played a leading role in these events.

Μανόλης Τριανταφυλλίδης. Aλληλογραφία [M. Triandaphyllidis. Correspondence]

P. Moullas et al. (eds)

ISBN 960-231-093-6

This book partly supplements the publication of M. Triandaphyllidis’ Collected Works. It is a selection of 650, mostly unpublished, letters written by the leading linguist and by many of his contemporaries, Greek and foreign, known and unknown. This correspondence constitutes a multi-party dialogue, which not only sheds light on the life and work of a remarkable man, but also functions as polyphonic evidence of a whole era.