{"product_id":"the-long-reckoning-poems-of-greece-since-independence-9781918669343","title":"The Long Reckoning: Poems of Greece Since Independence","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Christopher J. Wheatley\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Kolonna Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Kolonna Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Europe - Greece (see also Ancient - Greece)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo centuries of Greek history-war, division, dictatorship, and the struggle for democracy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Long Reckoning\u003c\/i\u003e traces the turbulent path of Greece since independence through a sequence of poems that confront the nation's defining trials. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the fragile early years of the modern state to the crises of the twentieth century and beyond, these poems move through the events that shaped Greece: the national schism, wars of expansion and catastrophe, occupation and resistance during the Second World War, the Greek Civil War, and the long shadow of military dictatorship. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1974, with the collapse of the junta and the rejection of the monarchy, Greece chose its own constitutional path as a democratic republic. Yet new challenges followed, including political instability and the pressures of economic crisis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlongside these upheavals stand the voices of Greece's great cultural witnesses-poets, musicians, and artists whose work carried memory and conscience through years of conflict and change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten in lyrical prose and narrative poetry, \u003ci\u003eThe Long Reckoning\u003c\/i\u003e blends history and reflection to explore how a society confronts its past, and how the pursuit of freedom continues across generations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTogether with \u003ci\u003eA Dream Forged in Fire: Poems of the Greek War of Independence and Later Struggles for Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e, this book forms part of the \u003ci\u003eGreek Continuum\u003c\/i\u003e-a wider poetic chronicle of Greece's modern history. Published by Kolonna Press.","brand":"Kolonna Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47882948673687,"sku":"9781918669343","price":1712.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781918669343.webp?v=1781098266","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-long-reckoning-poems-of-greece-since-independence-9781918669343","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}