Andrei Codrescu's Mioritic Space.(Romanian born American writer)

From: MELUS | Date: September 22, 1998| Author: Collins, Richard | Copyright information

Romanian born American writer Andrei Codrescu is an embodiment of the "mioritic space" portrayed in one of Romania's most famous cultural myths, the story of the ewe, Miorita. Miorita's shepherd is murdered by enemies but before his death the shepherd instructs Miorita to proclaim he had left the land because he married a king's daughter. Codrescu's vibrant literary career in the United States is an example of such imaginative transformation.

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