Gail Holst Warhaft: 3 books
Lucky country
Poems
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
In Lucky Country, Gail Holst-Warhaft shifts her focus from Greece, where so many of her poems and other writings have been set, to Australia and to her own family. Several poems are about her father, who came from the slums of London to make his fortune in what was called, in those days, “The Lucky...
Dangerous Voices
Women's Laments and Greek Literature
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002
In Dangerous Voices Holst-Warhaft investigates the power and meaning of the ancient lament, especially women's mourning of the dead, and sets out to discover why legislation was introduced to curb these laments in antiquity. An investigation of laments ranging from New Guinea to Greece suggests that...
by Gail Holst-Warhaft
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2016
This collection of poetry and prose about Greece reflects the bleak state of present-day Athens and reminds the reader that there is nothing new about Greece’s suffering. Combining present observations with portraits of the Greek musicians and writers, Holst-Warhaft’s book is both a peon of praise...