Alexandria in Cavafy, Durrell, and Tsirkas.(Constantine Cavafy; Lawrence Durrell; Stratis Tsirkas)(Critical Essay) From: Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics | Date: January 1, 2001| Author: Rodenbeck, John | COPYRIGHT 2001 American University in Cairo. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Among the several ways of looking at Alexandria, one is represented by Edmund Keeley's critical book, Cavafy's Alexandria, which condemns the city as "squalid." Another approach, even less generous and far less literal, is that of Lawrence Durrell, whose notions of the city's history, politics, linguistics, ethnography and topography are permeated with unconcealed ethnic and religious hostilities. These attitudes were certainly not shared by Constantine Cavafy, who is repeatedly ap...

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