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The Greek poet Cavafy and history /

This book presents a survey and evaluation of Cavafy's poetical work with an emphasis on his historical and didactic poems. The poet prefers to describe events while they are still in progress. We, the readers, know from History that the game is lost and we feel like wise men hearing "the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tzouvelēs, Spyros, 1925- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Journey into history with Cavafy
  • Aristotle's poetics and Cavafy
  • The magic impulse towards the past
  • Basic motives in the historical, didactic and other poems
  • The sensual Cavafy
  • An anthology of Cavafy's poems.