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    George Thaniel and the The Amaranth: Serving the Muse by Virtue of Poetry
    (2007-03-09T17:15:05Z) Ruscillo, Mary
    The Amaranth was the personal publication of Professor George Thaniel, the Chair of Modern Greek Studies at University of Toronto from 1971-1991, the year of his untimely death. Eleven issues were published between 1981 and 1988 with a break in 1986 when Thaniel was on sabbatical leave. This little scholarly journal was distributed free of charge and aimed, though not explicitly stated, to both inform and “turn on” to poetry, so to speak, students and other individuals interested in Greek literary studies.
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    The Amaranth No. 1
    (University College, University of Toronto, 1981) Thaniel, George
    Since 1971, when courses in modern Greek language and literature were first offered at the University of Toronto, several hundred Greek and non-Greek students enrolled in one or more of the courses available every year. The existing program in modern Greek is one of the two or three largest programs of its kind in North America, and is potentially expandable to include more offerings in language and literature, graduate work as well as (through special arrangement) lectures on the history of modern Greece, its society, its politics, its culture, et alia.
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    The Amaranth No. 2
    (University College, University of Toronto, 1981) Thaniel, George
    A survery of books. Two exemplary selections of modern Greek literary texts for use in Greek high school, fruit of a collective effort of twelve women teachers and writers (among whom is the poet Lina Kasdhaghli) in collaboration with a number of high-school graduates. The initial selections were tried, quite successfully, at the so-called Hill School, an old and prestigious school for girls in Athens. The first volume covers the last two decades of the nineteenth century (with works by Palamas, Dhrossinis, Polemis, Souris, Vikelas, Rhoidhis, Viziinos, Kondhilakis, Mitsakis,Psiharis, Pallis, Eftaliotis, Kristallis, Hristovlantonis), while the second reflects the modern Greek literature of the first three decades of the twentieth century.
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    The Amaranth No. 3
    (University College, University of Toronto, 1982) Thaniel, George
    From the brochure on the Fourth Annual Celebration of Greek Letters honoring Angelos Sikelianos at the University of Minnesota (I5 May l98I) . The poet had been responsible with his wife Eva Palmer for the Delphic Celebrations of I927 and I930.
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    The Amaranth No. 4
    (University College, University of Toronto, 1982) Thaniel, George
    'Inside the poem' Inside lies the poem. Heard like a staircase creaking a wood fire it resembles bread forgotten in the pantry or a person whose absence steals our sleep. I kept the stub from that movie (or was it a bus ticket) I kept all the sunshine from that walk I never took. And inside me the scent of emptiness rises like a flood.
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    The Amaranth No. 5
    (University College, University of Toronto, 1983) Thaniel, George
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    The Amaranth No. 6
    (University College, University of Toronto, 1983) Thaniel, George
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    The Amaranth No. 7
    (University College, University of Toronto, 1984) Thaniel, George
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    The Amaranth No. 8
    (University College, University of Toronto, 1984) Thaniel, George
    N. K. was born and raised in Greece, spent two years (1952-1954) in Africa, and lived in Montreal, Canada, from 1956 to 1970, the year of his premature death. K. is one of the most idiosyncratic prose writers of his generation, with a suggestive style of writing which one can compare to chamber music. He wrote most of his novellas in Greek but tried his hand at writing in English as well: poems, a short narrative, and other occasional pieces.
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    The Amaranth No. 9
    (University College, University of Toronto, 1985) Thaniel, George
    The survey concerns poets who are either based in New York City or live in the vicinity. The poets are quite different from one another, some are newly arrivals while others have lived most of their years in or around New York, some have published their books in Greece and others in New York, a couple write in traditional verse while the majority write in free verse. Yet, all of them write in Greek, on themes which touch (directly or by implication) upon both Greece and America and thus favors collage- tree leaves will easily fraternize with pop bottles and torn newsprint in a stream of water- and poetry which is a mirror of nature.
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    The Amaranth No. 10
    (University College, University of Toronto, 1987) Thaniel, George
    In the Fall of 1965 Ezra Pound visited Greece for the first time and last time and was entertained, together with his companion Olga Rudge, by George and Maro Seferis in Athens. Pound was still going at that time through his "great silence" period and did not speak at all during the dinner which was offered at the Seferis home-- he only broke his silence once to name the breed of a dog that suddenly became the object of conversation (such is the power of names!)
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    The Amaranth No. 11
    (University College, University of Toronto, 1988) Thaniel, George
    This issue (bearing the, hopefully, lucky odd number eleven) concludes the first series of The Amaranth. There are plans for greater things, but time will decide about them. For the moment, I would like to pause and thank all those who helped with their contributions (original writings, translations, reviews) in making the Bulletin progresively richer and more interesting in the seven years of its life.