«Ονειρεύτηκα στο πλάι της μιαν ερημιά». Ένας ρομαντικός τόπος στη νεοελληνική ποίηση
Part of : Ελληνικά : φιλολογικό, ιστορικό και λαογραφικό περιοδικό σύγγραμμα ; Vol.49, No.1, 1999, pages 73-91
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«A Desert Place I dreamt at her Side». A Romantic Topos in Modem Greek Poetry
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The romantic theme of the poet's exile is specified in several Greek poems of the 19th and 20th century (by Typaldos, Hatzopoulos, Porfyras, Sikelianos, Skarimbas and Elytis) as a voluntary retreat in the company of the beloved. The place where the poet wishes to retreat is, in most cases, identified with poetry itself: a place from which external reality will be banned, the vision of a divine realm will be unimpeded, and the poet's word will reign. Also, the beloved is, in most cases, identified with the Muse. The retreat, however, fails to be realized: either the beloved or the place is eventually unattained; or, if attained, the place proves to be a nightmare rather than a dream. These poems could be seen as part of the romantic «circuitous journey»: the fall from paradise and the return to it. Due perhaps to their chronological distance from the peak of the romantic movement, the vision is narrowed (the journey is undertaken not by man in general but by the poet alone) and the attempt fails. While trying to attain the realm of poetry, the poets are finally reduced to examining the inability of their poems to create a new, selfsufficient and viable reality.
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