Poetry Criticism | Cavafy, Constantine - Further Reading

FURTHER READING

CRITICISM

Alexiou, Margaret. “Eroticism and Poetry.” Journal of the Hellenic Diaspora 10, Nos. 1-2 (Spring/Summer 1983): 45-65.

Overview of the erotic nature of Cavafy's poetry in response to past critical interpretation.

Bien, Peter. Constantine Cavafy. New York: Columbia University Press, 1964, 48p.

Identifies the aspects of Cavafy's poetry which constitute a modern voice.

Bowersock, G. W. “The Julian Poems of C. P. Cavafy.” Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies 7 (1981): 89-104.

Explores the sensual and historic nature of five Cavafy poems on the theme of Julian the Apostate.

Durrell, Lawrence. “A Cavafy Find.” London Magazine 3, No. 7 (July 1956): 11-14.

Discusses newly discovered and previously unpublished Cavafy poems.

———. “C. P. Cavafy.” New York Times Book Review (21 January 1973): 2-3.

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