Dimitris Politis
Biographic Data
| ID | 10053607 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dimitris Politis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dimitris |
| FAMILY NAME | Politis |
| SIGNATURE | POLITIS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Patras |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2383-2403 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Hidden Childness of a Nobel Prize-Winning Poet
In addition to his outstanding poems for adults, George Seferis, the Nobel Prize-winning Greek poet, also wrote verses for children. The limericks he composed as gifts for children of his family were published in a volume entitled Poiḗmata me Zōgraphiés se Mikrá Paidiá [Poems with Drawings for Young Children] (1975), discussed in this paper. With these limericks, Seferis turned to the Anglo-Saxon poetic tradition of nonsense to oppose the ‘seriou…
Alexandros Pallis and the English Poetry for Children
The present article focuses on the relationship between Alexandros Pallis (1851-1935), a Greek poet who lived in Liverpool, and the English Poetry for Children of the 19th century. After briefly defining the historical context of the poet and his works, an intertextual reading of both his poems for children and the poems of English poets who were either earlier than or subsequent to Pallis is attempted. The need for such a reading is dictated mai…
Gender in Children’s Literature
Gender has always been considered as a basal issue in the field of Children’s Literature. Since children are receptive to the values and impressed by the ideas expounded in what they read, literary texts addressed to children are not just simply for entertainment; they also reflect positively all of society, especially the marginalized. Children’s Literature should inspire and enthuse its audience, while it could be a means of escape, a sanctuary…
Rereading a Classic Book for Young Adults
Although in 1982 Chambers’ book, Dance on My Grave, was considered bold, rather provocative, today, almost forty years later we can only treat it as one of the classic daring books that still attracts and challenges modern readers, teenagers and adults. And if the issue of homosexuality mainly identifies the novel nowadays seems commonplace, the matter of death stands virtually as a threatening scene throughout this book. However, the novel’s cen…
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Rereading a Classic Book for Young Adults
Although in 1982 Chambers’ book, Dance on My Grave, was considered bold, rather provocative, today, almost forty years later we can only treat it as one of the classic daring books that still attracts and challenges modern readers, teenagers and adults. And if the issue of homosexuality mainly identifies the novel nowadays seems commonplace, the matter of death stands virtually as a threatening scene throughout this book. However, the novel’s cen…
Gender in Children’s Literature
Gender has always been considered as a basal issue in the field of Children’s Literature. Since children are receptive to the values and impressed by the ideas expounded in what they read, literary texts addressed to children are not just simply for entertainment; they also reflect positively all of society, especially the marginalized. Children’s Literature should inspire and enthuse its audience, while it could be a means of escape, a sanctuary…
The Hidden Childness of a Nobel Prize-Winning Poet
In addition to his outstanding poems for adults, George Seferis, the Nobel Prize-winning Greek poet, also wrote verses for children. The limericks he composed as gifts for children of his family were published in a volume entitled Poiḗmata me Zōgraphiés se Mikrá Paidiá [Poems with Drawings for Young Children] (1975), discussed in this paper. With these limericks, Seferis turned to the Anglo-Saxon poetic tradition of nonsense to oppose the ‘seriou…
Alexandros Pallis and the English Poetry for Children
The present article focuses on the relationship between Alexandros Pallis (1851-1935), a Greek poet who lived in Liverpool, and the English Poetry for Children of the 19th century. After briefly defining the historical context of the poet and his works, an intertextual reading of both his poems for children and the poems of English poets who were either earlier than or subsequent to Pallis is attempted. The need for such a reading is dictated mai…
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