Cavafy's Alexandria

Expanded Edition
Erscheinungsjahr 1995
ISBN: 978-0-691-04498-9
Verlag: Princeton University Press

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 396 g

Reihe: Princeton Modern Greek Studies

C. P. Cavafy, one of the greatest modern Greek poets, lived in Alexandria for all but a few of his seventy years. Alexandria became, for Cavafy, a central poetic metaphor and eventually a myth encompassing the entire Greek world. In this, the first full-length critical work on Cavafy in English, Keeley describes Cavafy's literary progress and aesthetic development in the making of that myth.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Keeley, Edmund

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the Paperback EditionAcknowledgments1Introduction: The Literal City12The Metaphoric City133The Sensual City434Mythical Alexandria755The World of Hellenism1036The Universal Perspective1337Epilogue: Voice, Perspective, and Context153Appendixes181Bibliographical Note197Notes199Indexes217