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Hellenism - the culture, ideals, and pattern of life of ancient Greece in classical times. It usually means primarily the culture of Athens and the related cities during the Age of Pericles. The term is also applied to the ideals of later writers and thinkers who draw their inspiration from ancient Greece. Frequently it is contrasted with Hebraism—Hellenism then meaning pagan joy

9 of the Best Books and Articles on: Hellenism and Literature

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Hellenism (1919) (Chap. V "The Hellenistic-Jewish Literature") » Read Now
by Norman Bentwich. 386 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...THE HELLENISTIC-JEWISH LITERATURE 197 VI. THE RABBIS AND HELLENISM 250 VII...whether the Palestinian literature of the third century bears...infusion of the deeper side of...
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Hellas and Hellenism: A Social and Cultural History of Ancient Greece (1936) (Chap. IX "Poetry" and Chap. X "Prose") » Read Now
by Nicholas P. Vlachos. 432 pgs.

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library
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Hellenism and Empire: Language, Classicism, and Power in the Greek World, AD 50-250 (Chap. 4 "The Greek Novel and Greek Identity") » Read Now
by Simon Swain. 500 pgs.

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Hellenism and Empire explores identity, politics, and culture in the Greek world of the first three centuries AD, the period known as the second sophistic. The sources of this identity were the words and deeds of classical Greece, and the emphasis placed on Greekness and Greek heritage was far...
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Hellenism and Empire explores identity, politics, and culture in the Greek world of the first three centuries AD, the period known as the second sophistic. The sources of this identity were the words and deeds of classical Greece, and the emphasis placed on Greekness and Greek heritage was far greater then than at any other time. Yet this period is often seen as a time of happy consensualism between the Greek and Roman halves of the Roman Empire. The first part of the book shows that Greek identity came before any loyalty to Rome (and was indeed partly a reaction to Rome), while the views of the major authors of the period, which are studied in the second part, confirm and restate the prior claims of Hellenism.
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Hellenic Civilization: An Historical Survey (1925) ("Hellenistic Literature" begins on p. 210) » Read Now
by Maurice Croiset, Paul B. Thomas. 320 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library
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Topographies of Hellenism: Mapping the Homeland (Chap. 4 "Entopia: Modernist Transpositions of the Native") » Read Now
by Artemis Leontis. 260 pgs.

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Israeli Writing against Itself: The Clash of Hellenism and Judaism in Modern Israeli Narrative » Read Now
by Ruth Essex, Daniel Walden. 171 pgs.

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This comprehensive critique explores the relevancy of old discourses for contemporary narratives in ten Israeli novels. How the theory of deconstruction affects the future of a nation as presented in aspects of these literary texts is the focus of this book. The texts represent the meeting of...
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This comprehensive critique explores the relevancy of old discourses for contemporary narratives in ten Israeli novels. How the theory of deconstruction affects the future of a nation as presented in aspects of these literary texts is the focus of this book. The texts represent the meeting of ancient lore and modern narrative, as well as the conflict between a demanding past and the threat implied in an open future. The fragmentary quality of Israeli fiction denies the guarantee of unity and contravenes a fixed interpretative contextual discourse. The major tensions that call for a repositioning of critical standpoints underlie the textual contradictions that pose existential crises for their protagonists and an exciting challenge for the reader.
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Hellenism in Ancient India (Chap. IX "Literature") » Read Now
by Gauranga Nath Banerjee. 314 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...meant by the word Hellenism, the silver age of Greek art and literature, when they became...knowledge of Greek literature much less imbue...evidence of active Hellenism...
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Greek and Hellenic Culture in Joyce » Read Now
by R. J. Schork. 328 pgs.

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Classical allusion in James Joyce's work is staggering -- despite the fact that he knew no ancient Greek and had only a minimal grasp of its modern form. This book by R. J. Schork comprehensively examines the essential contributions of Greek language, literature, history, and mythology to the...
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Classical allusion in James Joyce's work is staggering -- despite the fact that he knew no ancient Greek and had only a minimal grasp of its modern form. This book by R. J. Schork comprehensively examines the essential contributions of Greek language, literature, history, and mythology to the structure and comic aspects of Joyce's fiction.
Like Schork's earlier companion book (the study of Roman culture and Joyce), this work contains the same attention to philological detail, literary nuance, and cross-referencing of sources. And again, the overriding critical emphasis is on the culture and language of ancient Hellas as an essential component of Joyce's genius.
Schork's double expertise -- classical and Joycean -- reveals new dimensions in the allusive archaeology of the texts, especially in the puzzling verbal strata of Finnegans Wake. Throughout, Schork keeps his focus on Joyce, writing in an uncomplicated, lively style, translating everything, giving the entire context of the allusions, taking nothing for granted in terms of classical background. And, finally, concluding that Joyce's manipulation of the classics in general and Greek in particular was primarily for comic and/or scatological purposes.
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The Hellenism of Mary Renault » Read Now
by Bernard F. Dick. 140 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...fictional concern is Hellenism, though she gets...work is in English literature, but from time...the students of literature who, like the...Phaedra. The Hellenism of Mary...