Greek Revolution

1 week ago | fivebooks.com | Sophie Roell |Roderick Beaton |Greek Revolution |Nikos Kazantzakis |Petros Markaris

We’re talking about books about modern Greek history, which, according to you, started with this very violent period in the early 19th century. For people who don’t know much about Greece’s past, can you give an outline of both the traditional view and what you’re arguing in your book? It’s about the Greek Revolution and the formation of the Greek nation. It’s about how we think of nations, how they come into being and how we belong to them. It happens everywhere and it begins around this time.

Mar 14, 2024 | cambridge.org | Andrew Stauffer |Jerome McGann |Greek Revolution |Roderick Beaton

Letters to friends, relatives, lovers and more form the core of this biography, published by Cambridge University Press to coincide with the 200th anniversary of Byron's death. Lord Byron was the most celebrated of all the Romantic poets. Troubled, handsome, sexually fluid, disabled, and transgressive, he wrote his way to international fame – and scandal – before finding a kind of redemption in the Greek Revolution.