Nikos Kazantzakis (Critical Survey of Long Fiction)

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Long before he began writing the novels for which he won international acclaim, Nikos Kazantzakis had established a reputation in his own country and, to a lesser extent, throughout Europe as a playwright, essayist, translator, and poet. For years, he earned his living by writing about the many countries he visited and translating classics of Western civilization into his native tongue. His travelogues of Russia, Spain, and England combine vivid descriptions of these countries with observations on the political and cultural climate he found there. In...

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