Pentzikis, Hereafter and Herein

by Stylianos, Archbishop of Australia

Belonging historically to the celebrated generation of the Thirties, and, while possessing all the prerequisites for conforming to their humanistic vision that they transplanted from the West to the bloodstained Greece of the first half of the 20th century, Pentzikis moved quite conspicuously against the current. Challenging Western humanism didn’t mean that Pentzikis aimed at taking on the West, but, on the contrary, he proved himself to be able more than most to size it up. While he mocked the self-sufficiency and self-satisfaction of Western rationalism with the exasperation of a Hebrew Prophet, Pentzikis at the same time praised the raving wisdom of Rimbaud, Melarmé, Lautréamont, and Joyce as unique, persuasive gospel in the market conditions of the 20th century. — Archbishop Stylianos

Cover type: Soft
51 pages
Edition #1 published in 2003 by Alexander Press.
ISBN: 1-896800-03-3