Jeffreys, Peter and Demetres P. Tryphonopoulos, eds. Approaches to Teaching the Works of C.P. Cavafy. Approaches to Teaching World Literature, 175. New York, NY: Modern Language Association of America, 2025. xiii, 211 p.

ISBN 1603296506, 9781603296502 hbk

Contents:

Acknowledgments (p. ix); Preface (pp. xi-xiii).

PART ONE: MATERIALS (pp. 1-29):

Peter Jeffreys and Demetres P. Tryphonopoulos, “Editions and Translations” (pp. 3-7); “Critical Reception” (pp. 7-12); “Biographical Resources” (pp. 12-13); “Other Primary Sources” (pp. 13-14); “Background Reading, Reference Materials, and Teaching Guides” (pp. 15-16); “Multimedia Resources and Visual Art” (pp. 16-18); “Websites” (pp. 18-20); “Teaching Resources” (pp. 20-23); Angeliki Mousiou, “The Digitized Cavafy Archive as a Teaching and Research Resource” (pp. 24-29).

PART TWO: APPROACHES (pp. 31-180):

Peter Jeffreys and Demetres P. Tryphonopoulos, Introduction (pp. 33-36).

Theoretical, Cultural, and Historical Contexts

Cat Lambert, “Teaching Cavafy with Queer Theory” (pp. 37-43); Hala Halim, “Bringing Cavafy the Egyptiote into the Classroom” (pp. 44-53); Kelly Polychroniou and Loren J. Samons, “Cavafy and History: An Interdisciplinary Approach” (pp. 54-63); Natalie Melas, “Cavafy in Comparison: The Politics of Time” (pp. 64-71); Martin McKinsey, “Why Cavafy? Why Postcolonial? Teaching the Postcolonial Cavafy” (pp. 72-81).

Translating, Discovering, and Interpreting Cavafy:

Karen Emmerich, “Cavafy Constructed: Archive, Editions, Translations” (pp. 82-90); Sarah Ekdawi, “Which Cavafy? Selecting the Right Translation” (pp. 91-100); Panagiotis Roilos, “The Poetics of Liminality: Anti-Economy and Cultural Politics in Cavafy” (pp. 101-110).

Intertextual Approaches:

Stamatia Dova, “Cavafy’s Iliad in the Classroom” (pp. 111-119); Peter Jeffreys, “Cavafy’s Decadent Aesthetic” (pp. 120-125); Vassilis Lambropoulos, “Conversing with Cavafy through Music” (pp. 126-134); Foteini Dimirouli, “Digital Cavafy: Teaching Poetry through Connective Media” (pp. 135-144); Takis Kayalis, “Digital Intertextuality and the Cavafy Archive” (pp. 145-153).

Classroom Contexts:

Gregory Jusdanis, “Teaching Cavafy to the Instagram Generation” (pp. 154-162); Elsa Amanatidou, “‘Dangerous Things’? Cavafy in the Modern Greek Language Classroom” (pp. 163-170); Johanna Hanink, “Cavafy as a Bridge from Classics to Modern Greek Studies” (pp. 171-180).

Notes on Contributors (pp. 181-184); Survey Respondents (p. 185); Works Cited (pp. 187-211).