Few places have shaped as many sensibilities as the exotic, mythical city of Alexandria. Jane Lagoudis Pinchin's gracefully written book describes the profound influence exerted by the spirit of Alexandria and the Alexandrian poet, C. P Cavafy, on F,. M. Forster and Lawrence Durrell.
Originally published in 1977.
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Print ISBN
9780691616599
9780691643854
Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- 1. The City
- 2. Cavafy's Capital of Memory
- 3. The Bridge: E. M. Forster in Alexandria
- 4. Durrell and a Masterpiece of Size
- Appendix A. Cavafy and His English Translators
- Appendix B. The Chronology of a Passage to India
- Selected Bibliography
- Index