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Greece and Britain since 1945 Second Edition

Edited By: David Wills

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This book explores the transformation of Anglo-Greek relations since 1945, focusing on the perceptions of writers and organisations. This updated edition includes new chapters discussing the recent "Greek Crisis" and its portrayal in British media.

In 1945, the modern country and people of Greece were unknown to many Britons. This book explores the transformation and varying fortunes of Anglo-Greek relations…

In 1945, the modern country and people of Greece were unknown to many Britons. This book explores the transformation and varying fortunes of Anglo-Greek relations since that time. The focus is on the perceptions and attitudes shown by British and Greek writers, audiences, and organisations.

Greece and Britain Since 1945 contains chapters from leading academics, journalists, novelists, and public servants and covers subjects including literature by Greek writers in English translation; the work of the British Council and international aid agencies; and television series set in Greece.

The second edition has been substantially updated to reflect the financial, economic and social effects of the recent “Greek Crisis”. Four specially-commissioned new chapters discuss how Greece has been portrayed in the British media and the responses of cultural organisations to the present needs of the Greek people.

David Wills, called “an impeccably post-colonial investigator” by the Bryn Mawr Classical Review, is an executive committee member of the Society for Modern Greek Studies.

Praise for David Wills’ 2007 book The Mirror of Antiquity: 20th Century British Travellers in Greece: “a welcome contribution, not only to the research on travel literature about the region, but also to the broader issue of the role of Greece in British culture . . . Wills’ method is scholarly, his research meticulous and the material collected fascinating.”

—Efterpi Mitsi

University of Athens, Studies in Travel Writing (2009)

Brian Church, David Connolly, Agatha Kalisperas, Peter Mackridge, Alexandra Moschovi, Elena Papargyriou, Richard Pine, Jim Potts, Loretta Proctor, David Rice, George Tzogopoulos

Paperback

ISBN: 1-4438-5534-0
ISBN13: 978-1-4438-5534-1
Date of Publication: 2014-02-04

Ebook

ISBN: 1-4438-5772-6
ISBN13: 978-1-4438-5772-7
Date of Publication: 2014-02-04

Categories: Social Sciences, Literature, Literature, History

Pages: 218

Subject Codes:

BIC: DSBH, HBJD, HBLW3
BISAC: SOC053000, SOC002010, SOC052000, HIS042000, HIS015000, HIS054000
THEMA: DSBJ(3MPQ), DSBH, NHD

Pages: 218

"The collection ... goes some considerable way to showcasing some of the most important voices in Modern Greek studies. The publication of a second edition so soon after the first demonstrates the need for an ongoing dialogue between the two countries. The volume also highlights two key themes for the continued success of the relationship: trust and funding. [...] The open-ended and continuing discussion reflected in Wills’s book reveals an uneasy truth: there is no simple answer to the questions raised by this complex and often fraught relationship."
- Semele Assinder Journal of Greek Media & Culture, 1: 2 (2015)
"Peter Mackridge’s compelling account of Kay Cicellis’ life of writing between worlds and languages offers readers a rare glimpse into the ways that multilingual literature and the practice of translation are related. His chapter provides a rich cultural history of postwar Britain and Greece as well as a wonderful example of how the best literature is often literature that doesn’t fit into any one tradition or canon."
- Professor Karen Van Dyck Columbia University
"Alexandra Moschovi’s essay offers a thoughtful insight into the troubled post-war period of Greece’s history. Focusing on the British intervention in the country’s reconstruction, it thoroughly examines the photographic work of two well-known Greek women photographers during the period 1944–6. This meticulous paper triggers further thought on how ‘orchestrated’ photography eventually became the formal visual history of a country."
- Aliki Tsirgialou Curator-in-Chief, Photographic Archive, Benaki Museum, Athens

Greece and Britain since 1945 Second Edition

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