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Greece and Britain since 1945
Editor: David Wills
Date Of Publication: May 2010
Isbn13: 978-1-4438-1962-6
Isbn: 1-4438-1962-X
In 1945 the modern country and people of Greece were unknown to many Britons. This book explores the transformation and varying fortunes of Anglo-Greek relations since that time. The focus is on the perceptions and attitudes shown by British and Greek writers, audiences, and organisations.

Greece and Britain Since 1945 has contributions from leading academics, journalists, novelists, and public servants. Subjects covered include: literature by Greek writers in English translation; the work of the British Council and international aid agencies; and television series set in Greece.

Contributing authors include: Peter Mackridge (Emeritus Professor of Modern Greek, University of Oxford), David Connolly (Professor of Translation Studies, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), and Alexandra Moschovi (University of Sunderland).

David Wills, called “an impeccably post-colonial investigator” by the Bryn Mawr Classical Review, is an executive committee member of the Society for Modern Greek Studies.

Praise for David Wills’ 2007 book The Mirror of Antiquity: 20th Century British Travellers in Greece: “a welcome contribution, not only to the research on travel literature about the region, but also to the broader issue of the role of Greece in British culture . . . Wills’ method is scholarly, his research meticulous and the material collected fascinating.”

—Efterpi Mitsi

University of Athens, Studies in Travel Writing (2009)

“Peter Mackridge’s compelling account of Kay Cicellis’ life of writing between worlds and languages offers readers a rare glimpse into the ways that multilingual literature and the practice of translation are related. His chapter provides a rich cultural history of postwar Britain and Greece as well as a wonderful example of how the best literature is often literature that doesn’t fit into any one tradition or canon.”

—Professor Karen Van Dyck

Columbia University

“Alexandra Moschovi’s essay offers a thoughtful insight into the troubled post-war period of Greece’s history. Focusing on the British intervention in the country’s reconstruction, it thoroughly examines the photographic work of two well-known Greek women photographers during the period 1944–6. This meticulous paper triggers further thought on how ‘orchestrated’ photography eventually became the formal visual history of a country.”

—Aliki Tsirgialou, curator-in-chief

Photographic Archive, Benaki Museum, Athens

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