| Research into the sources for Cretan poetry from 1453 to 1500, with detailed examination of the relationship between folk poetry, written tradition and western compositions appearing both before and after the peak period in Cretan literature. An extensive study divided into preface (pp. 7-9) and eight chapters: 1. The Folksongs (9-43); 2. Digenis in Crete (44-68); 3. Sachlikis and his Rhymes (203-220); 4. Ton Politikon o Charos (221-252); 5. Theseus and Emilia (253-270); 6. Apollonius of Tyre (379-393); 7. The Appeal of Constantinople (394-404); 8. Neronphile, Tarsia and Dolcetta (405-425), plus appendix on the Phanurakis manuscript of recently recorded folk songs (426) and bibliography (427-434). |