The Shade of Homer: A Study in Modern Greek Poetry Book

Introduction: Homer and the modern Greek poets;

Part I. Homer in the New Greece: The Spirit and the Letter:

1. Kalvos and Solomos;
2. Archaism and kleftism;
3. Palamas;

Part II. Sikelianos:
4. The Homeric inheritance;
5. Greek romanticism comes of age;
6. Beyond Homer;

Part III. Cavafy:
7. Modes of misquotation;
8. Ancient days;
9. Homer into history;

Part IV. Seferis:
10. Scholia;
11. Ulysses/Disseas;
12. Homer and the poetic vocation;
13. Beyond the folk tradition;
14. Spirit and letter in 'The King of Asine'; Reflections; Further reading; References; Index.