The Essential Cavafy (Essential Poets) - Hardcover

Cavafy, Constantine; Keeley, Edmund; Sherrard, Philip

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0880014261 ISBN 13: 9780880014267

Publisher: Ecco Pr, 1995

Synopsis

Though not published until after his death in 1933, the poetry of C.P. Cavafy has come to be recognized as having a unique and fundamental influence upon modern literature.
Much of Cavafy's verse explores the history and culture of his Alexandria, often in the context of his own uneasy relationship with its contemporary incarnation. In a sensual, meditative, sometimes playfully didactic style all his own, Cavafy reflects upon the "myth" of Alexandria and the ironies of its entanglement with his own existence and memories.
In this most recent volume in the Essential Poets Series, editor Edmund Keeley has gathered together the poems for which Cavafy has come to be regarded as one of the most important and influential poets of the twentieth century. In addition, Keeley has provided readers with an insightful introduction and biography of the poet.

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Synopsis

Gathers selected poems from C. P. Cavafy that explore the history and culture of his native country, Greece, accompanied by a concise portrait of the poet, his work, and his important influence on younger generations of writers. Reprint.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ecco Pr
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0880014261
• ISBN 13: 9780880014267
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 69