Cavafy's Alexandria: Expanded Edition: 13 (Princeton Modern Greek Studies)

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1996
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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. This work on Cavafy in English describes Cavafy's literary progress and aesthetic development in the making of that myth.

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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. This work on Cavafy in English describes Cavafy's literary progress and aesthetic development in the making of that myth.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Edition: Expanded edition with a New preface
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 01 Feb 1996
ISBN 10: 9780691044
ISBN 13: 9780691044989