âŠsentimentality was not shared by AlĂ©xandros RĂzos RangavĂs, a verbose but versatile and not inconsiderable craftsman of Katharevusa in lyric and narrative poetry, drama, and the novel. By the 1860s and â70s, however, Athenian poetry was generally of poor quality and was dominated by a sense of despair and longingâŠ
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