The politics of reception : Kalvos and the Greek Left
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This paper aims to examine how Kalvos’ poetry was received by the
intellectuals of the literary circles of the Greek Left. In this respect it shows the
debates developed by the Left in opposition to the “bourgeois” men of Letters and the different theoretical and aesthetic frameworks which the first followed
compared to the latter. It discusses the real contribution of the Greek Left
critics to the final recognition of the poet of the odes and analyzes why Andreas
Kalvos became a towering literary figure especially for the post-war leftists.
intellectuals of the literary circles of the Greek Left. In this respect it shows the
debates developed by the Left in opposition to the “bourgeois” men of Letters and the different theoretical and aesthetic frameworks which the first followed
compared to the latter. It discusses the real contribution of the Greek Left
critics to the final recognition of the poet of the odes and analyzes why Andreas
Kalvos became a towering literary figure especially for the post-war leftists.
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