Anton, John P. The Poetry and Poetics of Constantine P. Cavafy: Aesthetic Visions of Sensual Reality. Greek Poetry Archive, 1. Chur, Switzerland: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1995. xxviii, 387 p.

ISBN 3718655519 hbk; 9783718655519 hbk; 3718655527 pbk; 9783718655526 pbk

Contents:

Abbreviations (pp. xiii-xiv); Chronology (pp. xv-xvi); Introduction (pp. xvii- xxviii).

Ch. 1. “The Alexandrian Environment” (pp. 1-22); Ch. 2. “Cavafy's Life and Times: The Early Years” (pp. 23-49); Ch. 3. “Cavafy's Later Years” (pp. 50-77); Ch. 4. “The Long Shadow of Symbolism” (pp. 78-116); Ch. 5. “The Loss of the Polis” (pp. 117-151); Ch. 6. “The Crisis Period” (pp. 152-189); Ch. 7. “The Development of Cavafy's Poetics” (pp. 190-221); Ch. 8. “The Barbarians and Other Things that are Not” (pp. 222-259); Ch. 9. “Eros and Sensuality” (pp. 260-299); Ch. 10. “The New Voyage: Ithaka” (pp. 300-338).

Appendix: “Constantine P. Cavafy: Ars Poetica” (pp. 339-346); Bibliography (pp. 347-374); Indices (pp. 375-387).