Cavafy's Alexandria by Edmund Keeley


Cavafy's Alexandria
Title : Cavafy's Alexandria
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ISBN : 0691044988
ISBN-10 : 9780691044989
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 208
Publication : First published January 1, 1976

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, Edmund Keeley describes Cavafy's literary progress and aesthetic development in the making of that myth.

Cavafy's Alexandria Reviews

  • l

    I AM SO THANKFUL RIGHT NOW THAT I AM NOT AN ENGLISH MAJOR.

  • Afroditi

    Σαν έτοιμος από καιρό, σα θαρραλέος,
    αποχαιρέτα την, την Aλεξάνδρεια που φεύγει.

  • Cathy

    Reading about Alexandria, my birthplace, whether literally written books or novels based there, or memoirs..., is like reliving all those beautiful moments of my childhood & my adolescence ... that cosmopolitan city which gave us the best education, the best experiences & the richest memories that have been not only etched but engraved in one's memory ... & all one can do when one feels this sense of "be longing", is rewind that part of the brain called memory, & find that tape of happy moments play.. with all those sounds of laughter, aromas & scents of a mother's & grandmother's cooking..those sceneries of beautiful architectural structures,...all those azure beaches ...of salty summer breezes while walking along the sea front called the ' corniche' .... one is rich..rich with a Mediterranean DNA which makes one unique ...standing out ... & a Happy person although we said, according to Cavafy, " goodbye to the Alexandria that is no more ". ...... ..... .........