TY  - UNPB
M1  - Masters
PB  - UCL (University College London)
Y1  - 2012/04/28/
A1  - Kissanis, C.
N2  - The Greek Revolution of 1821 and the Polish November Uprising of 1830-31 were two
of the most significant nationalist uprisings of the nineteenth century. While the
perception and impact of these events elsewhere in Europe and in North America has
long been the subject of historical research and debate, there has never been any
significant research on the influence that these two national struggles have had on each
other. Most studies of Polish Philhellenism have focused on its literary manifestations.
There has been no sustained and systematic examination of how the Greek Revolution
was perceived by the Poles, while Greek historiography is almost devoid of references
to the Polish Rising. This study aims to contribute to an understanding of the mutual
perception of the Greek and Polish struggles for national liberation. The chosen medium
is the press, because with all its limitations it provides a wider representation of the
views of contemporary society than, for example, the work of the leading Romantic
poets. Two principal questions are asked. Firstly, how did the press of each country
present the events in other? Secondly, to what extent and how did editors of newspapers
attempt to influence public opinion via their coverage of events in the other country?
The press, however, was unevenly developed in early nineteenth-century Polish and
Greek lands. An analysis of the content and style of several reports included in seven
Polish titles and two Greek titles reveals a similar asymmetry in qualitative terms. The
Polish press displays a deep interest in the Greek Revolution and an identification with
the Greek struggle for liberation. In contrast, Greek interest in Poland, although
certainly present, was much less well informed and focused. For the most part it lacked
any personal identification with Polish cause.
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EP  - 218
N1  - Permission for digitisation not received
ID  - discovery1348486
TI  - Greek-Polish relations in the Romantic period: an examination of the presentation of the Greek revolution and of the
November uprising in the Polish and Greek press
UR  - https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1348486/
ER  -