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Collected Poems
by Cavafy, C.P. (Constantine P) )
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Good>Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0691013209
- ISBN 13
- 9780691013206
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Princeton University Press, 1992 Ex-Library. Illus. by Trans. Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard. Good>Very Good. Original Wraps. Reprint. Edited by George Savidis. Translated by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard. Cavafy was an ethnic Greek poet who lived in Alexandria and worked as a journalist and civil servant. He wrote 154 poems; dozens more remained incomplete or in sketch form. Cavafy was instrumental in the revival and recognition of Greek poetry both at home and abroad. His poems are, typically, concise but intimate evocations of real or literary figures and milieu that have played roles in Greek culture. This is an ex-library copy with title page missing and marks inside front cover, otherwise the text is tight, unmarked, clean and neat.261p. notes bibliography.
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- Seller
- KALAMOS BOOKS (CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 31408
- Title
- Collected Poems
- Author
- Cavafy, C.P. (Constantine P) )
- Illustrator
- Trans. Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good>Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0691013209
- ISBN 13
- 9780691013206
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- GREEK POETRY CAVAFY ALEXANDRIA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cavafy, C.P;
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