The Anglo-French

Critical edition with selections, for one of the most important anonymous texts of the Neo-Hellenic Enlightenment

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Σthe beginning of the 19th century marks the peak of the intellectual processes that will ultimately lead to the outbreak of the Revolution of 1821. It is the period when the Greek Enlighteners make known to their countrymen thirsty for independence a multitude of translations of European literary works, share their personal reflections and express their their visions through the publication of various periodicals, newspapers or maps. Among the previous ones, the circulation of anonymous texts is of great interest, the content of which is most often - and for obvious reasons - particularly daring and radical.

"Rossanglogallos", a measured satire published somewhere between 1799 and 1810, reflects in the best possible way the atmosphere of the pre-revolutionary processes. It is the time when the majority of scholars begin to realize that the much-desired freedom depends exclusively on the action of the Greeks themselves, who, in addition to the Ottomans and the mistrust of the Europeans, had to face a series of "internal" enemies such as the superior clergy, the Phanariotes and the Kotjabasides, as well as the selfish attitude of several expatriate merchants and rulers, who were solely interested in their interests.

The book you are holding in your hands is a complete analysis of "Rossanglogalos", written by the leading Konstantinos Th. Dimaras, the founder of studies on the Neo-Hellenic Enlightenment in our country. An important moment for the Lux Orbis Series, which enriches its library with another publishing gem.

Author Biography

Ο Konstantinos Theseos Dimaras was born in Athens on May 21, 1904 and died in Paris on February 18, 1992. He was a critic and historian of Modern Greek literature and the first and most important scholar of the Modern Greek Enlightenment. He began his studies in medicine, but then enrolled in the Philosophical School of Athens and finally received a degree from the University of Thessaloniki, which also named him a Doctor of Philology. His scientific publications began to be published in 1926. He collaborated with many publications (such as the newspapers "Ellinika Grammata" and "Proia", but mainly the newspaper "To Bima" and the magazine "Nea Estia"). The life work of K. Th. Dimaras is the "History of Modern Greek Literature" (first edition 1948), where he composed known and unknown elements recording the course of Modern Greek literature, interpreting and integrating it into a European context. He was director general of the State Scholarship Foundation, since its establishment in 1951, and managing director of the National (then Royal) Research Foundation, also since its establishment in 1961. He was removed from both positions by the dictatorial regime, in 1967, and accepted an invitation from the Sorbonne University to teach at the Department of New Greek Literature, as well as to direct the New Hellenic Institute. He held these positions until 1978, when he retired from active service.

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