Fiction/Poetry Archives

15/12/2022

“In the Peiræus. A Reverie” – Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country (1864)

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The tideless sea rocks with no rippling swell The huge ships borne upon its gloomy breast; No sound disturbs the silence save the bell Which marks the hour; and answering…

28/11/2022

Poe’s vision of Zakynthos: Sonnet — To Zante (1837)

Poe’s vision of Zakynthos: Sonnet — To Zante (1837) https://revictoproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1.Vue_et_port_de_Zacynthe_Zante_-_Stackelberg_Otto_Magnus_Von_-_1834.jpeg 640 445 REVICTO REVICTO //revictoproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/revicto1.png 28/11/2022 28/11/2022

Despite never having visited Greece, the American Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) seems to have been deeply impressed by the literary figure of the British Lord Byron and his Philhellenic stance.…

21/11/2022

The Greek Maiden and Filial Love in the Dublin University Magazine (1847), Part II

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Part II: “Erotion – A Tale of Ancient Greece” “Erotion – A Tale of Ancient Greece” propels the reader back to the Homeric age and relates a situation of crisis.…

14/11/2022

The Greek Maiden and Filial Love in the Dublin University Magazine (1847)

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Part I: “The Pearl of the Bosphorus – a Tale of the Phanar” In 1847, two Greek-themed short stories were published anonymously in the Dublin University Magazine. The first is…

25/10/2022

Mary Louisa Whately’s “Greek Slave” in Egypt

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In 1870, just after the Cretan Revolt of 1866-1869, Mary Louisa Whately (1824-1889), an English missionary in Egypt, published a story entitled “The Greek Slave,” returning to the figure of…

10/10/2022

“A Modern Nausicaa” and Tourism in Corfu

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“A Modern Nausicaa.” All the Year Round 4:87 (Aug 30, 1890): 210-216 At the dawn of mass tourism in the late Victorian period, Corfu was a very popular destination for…

21/09/2022

“A Legend of Corinth” by Elizabeth Youatt (1843)

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“A Legend of Corinth.” New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, 68:272 (1843): 440-448. “Once again turn we back with lingering fondness to Corinth—tradition-haunted Corinth! As it was e’er its glory…

09/09/2022

“A Greek Hamlet” (1880)

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“A Greek Hamlet.” Fraser’s magazine 610 (Oct 1880): 511-527 “A Greek Hamlet” fictionalizes and revises the story of Periander, Tyrant of Corinth in the 6th century BC, as found in…

28/07/2022

The Cretan Revolt (1896-1898), Part 2 – Our Learned Philhellenes

The Cretan Revolt (1896-1898), Part 2 – Our Learned Philhellenes https://revictoproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/1897-04-01_fortnightly_61_p504_535_608-26-34.jpg 1271 2000 REVICTO REVICTO //revictoproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/revicto1.png 28/07/2022 10/08/2022

In Part one of the “Cretan Revolt” blog post, mention was made of a theatrical play by journalist and author Henry Duff Traill. The play entitled “Our Learned Philhellenes” was…

28/03/2022

Fiction/Poetry

Love and Pirates in Victorian Ancient Athens

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Throughout the nineteenth century popular narratives in periodicals adapted ancient Greek myths and history or created new enjoyable stories which allegorically reflected on Victorian socio-political concerns. In such stories involving…

Fiction/Poetry

“In the Peiræus. A Reverie” – Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country (1864)

Poe’s vision of Zakynthos: Sonnet — To Zante (1837)

The Greek Maiden and Filial Love in the Dublin University Magazine (1847), Part II

The Greek Maiden and Filial Love in the Dublin University Magazine (1847)

Mary Louisa Whately’s “Greek Slave” in Egypt

“A Modern Nausicaa” and Tourism in Corfu

“A Legend of Corinth” by Elizabeth Youatt (1843)

“A Greek Hamlet” (1880)

The Cretan Revolt (1896-1898), Part 2 – Our Learned Philhellenes

Love and Pirates in Victorian Ancient Athens

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