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C.P. Cavafy in the English and American literary scenes : authorizing the other /

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This study explores how C. P. Cavafy, once a little-known Alexandrian poet, achieved global recognition through the advocacy of influential English-language writers in the 20th century.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dimirouli, Foteini, 1986- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Series:Oxford modern languages and literature monographs.
Subjects:
Cavafy, Constantine, > 1863-1933 > Influence.
Cavafy, Constantine, > 1863-1933 > Appreciation.
Great Britain > Intellectual life > 20th century.
United States > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siècle.
États-Unis > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siècle.
20th Century.
Modern.
HISTORY.
LITERARY CRITICISM.
Poetry.
Great Britain
United States
1900-1999
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • C. P. Cavafy in the English and American Literary Scenes : Authorizing the Other
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Epigraph
  • Introduction: Cavafy in the World
  • I. Making a Master
  • II. Authorization and the Poet's Magic
  • III. The Diasporic Poet in World Literature
  • IV. Agents of Celebrity
  • V. Struggles for Legitimacy
  • VI. The Poet's Life: A Story in the Making
  • VII. Chapter Summary
  • 1: A 'Slight Angle' on the Staircase of Paradise E. M. Forster Discovers Cavafy
  • I. The New Biography and Forster's 1919 Essay on Cavafy
  • II. The Paradise Staircase and the Republic of Love
  • III. Forster as Literary Mediator and Promoter: The Correspondence
  • IV. William Plomer and a 'Cavafy Muddle'
  • V. Looking Back: Forster's 1951 Essay on Cavafy
  • 2: The 'Old Poet' of The Alexandria Quartet and the European Writer in Exile
  • I. Durrell in Greece: Paradise Found and Lost
  • II. The Condition of Exile and The Alexandria Quartet
  • III. Cavafy, Exilic Entrapment, and Alexandrian Cosmopolitanism
  • IV. The Homosexual Poet and the City's Decadence
  • V. The Poet as Fictional Character and the Ecumenical Author
  • 3: Cavafy's Crossing of the Atlantic The Mediation of W. H. Auden, Joseph Brodsky, and Stephen Spender
  • I. W. H. Auden's 'Introduction' and Cavafy's Transposition to America
  • II. 'The Age of Auden': Joseph Brodsky and Stephen Spender on Cavafy
  • III. Cavafy's place in The New York Review of Books ' 'Republic of Letters'
  • 4: James Merrill's Cavafy and the Poetics of Intimacy
  • I. Tracing the Greece of Emotional Continuity
  • II. Cavafy and Living Forms
  • III. Translating a Singing Poet
  • IV. Cavafy as Popular Aesthete
  • V. The Questioning of the Canon
  • Conclusion: Traditional Prestige, Pop Culture, and Digital Celebrity
  • Bibliography
  • Primary Texts
  • Secondary Texts
  • Index