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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Main Author: Tzubelēs, Spyros 1925- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2016
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary: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 mystic sound of the approaching events". We see the future of that era which is the past of our era.For the first time, the relation of Cavafy's poetics to Aristotle's Poetics is examined. Some of Cavafy's techniques, including the use of details and of an intervening narrator are also discussed in detail, sh
Item Description:Übersetzung aus dem Griechischen
Physical Description:109 Seiten

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