Constantine Cavafy lived in relative obscurity for most of his 70 years, but is now considered one of the most powerful and important poets of the twentieth century. This timely biographical re-issue, updated for students and poetry lovers alike, explores the man behind the words, and reveals a scintillating life shaped by beauty, complexity and love. A new generation of poets and scholars can now attempt to capture the deceptively simple and penetrating charm of Cavafy’s work.
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"A sensitive and informed chronicle." -- New York Review of Books
"Absorbingly sympathetic, frank and unpretentious book." -- Irish Times
"Absorbingly sympathetic, frank and unpretentious book." -- Irish Times
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ROBERT LIDDELL lived and worked for some years in Alexandria, Egypt. He published a fictional portrait of Cavafy titled Unreal City before beginning work on this biography.
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This review is from: Cavafy: A Biography (Duckbacks) (Paperback)
This biography of Cavafy is very informative and interesting. It presents the poet's life in a vivid and concise way, without burdening the reader with too much unnecessary information. It's comparable to Costas Montis' great autobiographical novel Afentis Batistas in the sense that they both talk about the lives of two remarkable Greek poets of the 20th century, Cavafy and Montis, very similar in their technique and style. I have also been reading Seferis' biography, which is interesting but a little too long and detailed.
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Of ancient Greek Alexandria nothing survives but the name and the site, and the Romans have only left inconsiderable remains behind them. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
historical poems, erotic poems Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rika Singopoulos, Alexander Singopoulos, Michael Ralli, Pericles Anastassiades, Boulevard de Ramleh, Stephen Schilizzi, John Cavafy, Rue Lepsius, Michael Peridis, Rue Cherif, Antony Benaki, John Rodocanachi, Asia Minor, Fat One, Irrigation Office, Third Circle of Irrigation, Demetrius Soter, George Photiades, George Psilliary, Marguerite Yourcenar, Port Said, San Stefano, Alexander Mavroudis, Constantine Salvago, George Cavafy New!
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Of ancient Greek Alexandria nothing survives but the name and the site, and the Romans have only left inconsiderable remains behind them. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
historical poems, erotic poems Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rika Singopoulos, Alexander Singopoulos, Michael Ralli, Pericles Anastassiades, Boulevard de Ramleh, Stephen Schilizzi, John Cavafy, Rue Lepsius, Michael Peridis, Rue Cherif, Antony Benaki, John Rodocanachi, Asia Minor, Fat One, Irrigation Office, Third Circle of Irrigation, Demetrius Soter, George Photiades, George Psilliary, Marguerite Yourcenar, Port Said, San Stefano, Alexander Mavroudis, Constantine Salvago, George Cavafy New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Modern Painters by John Ruskin on page 116, page 117, and page 118
- George Herbert (Writers and their Work) by T S Eliot on page 63
- In Memoriam by Alfred Lord Tennyson on page 41
- The Waste Land and Other Writings (Modern Library Classics) by T.S. Eliot on page 63
- Jane Austen (Pitkin Guides) by Victor Lucas on page 42
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- Cavafy's Alexandria by Edmund Keeley in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- An Introduction to Modern Greek Literature by Roderick Beaton in Back Matter
- Text and Its Margins by Margaret A. Alexiou on page 195
- Essays Ancient and Modern by Bernard Knox on page 232
- Where the Tigers Were : Travels through Literary Landscapes by Don Meredith in Back Matter
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