The diaries of George Seferis: a contribution to the study of european diaries of the twentieth century
Abstract
The diaries 1925-1960 of the greek poet George Seferis present an interesting study object as to the modalities of the subjectivity and their expression in the autobiographical context. The limits of intimity, the organization of time and the art of the reference are closely related to the conception of the diary as autobiographical genre. The concepts of self and his own poetical work mark the character of Seferis' diaries in so far as they are the documents of the private experience which shows for Seferis the only legal way to the interpretation of his poetry.
Seferis' respect not only for the diary but for all autobiographical documents is manifested in his lectures and in his reflections on the diaries of others: among other diarists represent Stendhal, Amiel, above all Gide personalities who celebrated the genre and whose attitudes concerned the diary as an autobiographical act Seferis cites and comments.
Like by most modern diarists the diary for Seferis is not a compensation but an autonomous genre, an act of communication with him self as well as with the public. The forms of this communication closely related to the individuality of the author, still presuppose a concrete historical and cultural background.
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Μυλωνάκη Ι. (2017). The diaries of George Seferis: a contribution to the study of european diaries of the twentieth century. Comparison, 18, 28–46. https://doi.org/10.12681/comparison.10317
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