Philhellenism and after: Greece in E.F. Benson's life and work
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Published:2023-05-11
Issue:2
Volume:47
Page:218-236
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ISSN:0307-0131
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Container-title:Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Byz. Mod. Greek stud.
Author:
Farinou-Malamatari Georgia
Abstract
To Professor Roderick Beaton, an ever-caring supervisor and mentorEdward Frederic (‘Fred’) Benson (1867-1940),* the well-known English author, spent the greater part of the 1890s in Greece in various capacities. The aim of the present paper is to examine his relations with Greece: his activities during his stay, his literary output on Greece and its reception both in England and Greece, and the representation of Greece in the first three volumes of his autobiographical reminiscences Our Family Affairs 1867-1896 (1920), Mother (1925) and As We Were. A Victorian Peep-Show (1930).
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Literature and Literary Theory,Linguistics and Language,History,Language and Linguistics,Cultural Studies
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