Cavafy's Alexandria - Couverture souple

Keeley, Edmund

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0691044988 ISBN 13 : 9780691044989

Editeur : Princeton University Press, 1995

Synopsis

Cavafy's Alexandria 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. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Princeton University Press
• Date d'édition: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0691044988
• ISBN 13: 9780691044989
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240