The Axion Esti

The Axion Esti is probably the most widely read volume of verse to have appeared in Greece since World War II and remains a classic today. Those who follow the music of Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis have been especially drawn to Odysseus Elytis's work, his prose is widely considered a mirror to the revolutionary music of Theodorakis. The "autobiographical" elements are constantly colored by allusion to the history of Greece, thus, the poems express a contemporary consciousness fully resonant with those echoes of the past that have served most to shape the modern Greek experience.

Author: Odysseus Elytis
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 11/11/1974
Series: Pitt Poetry
Pages: 104
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 8.88h x 6.06w x 0.28d
ISBN: 9780822953180