Cavafy as World Literature
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Cavafy as World Literature
By (Author) Associate Professor Takis Kayalis
Edited by Professor or Dr. Vicente Fernndez Gonzlez
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
11th December 2025
United States
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Literary studies: poetry and poets
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
Physical Properties
Hardback
304
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Description
An inclusive and detailed view of C. P. Cavafy as a World poet, tracing his critical reception, his translation history and his works multiple interpretations around the globe, from the 1920s to the present.
Translated into many languages and in multiple editions, the poetry of C.P. Cavafy has attracted an international audience for nearly a century and, during the last three decades, has been unequivocally recognized as world literature. This unprecedented volume clarifies, enriches and problematizes multiple facets of Cavafys presence in the contemporary global literary sphere, while also drawing attention to its historical background through discussion of largely unknown material from the poets library, archive and early critical reception.
Aside from having a strong global readership, Cavafy's work has been used by poets and artists all over the world as raw material for inspiration and re-translation into new cultural production. Some of his poems have assumed a universal and almost proverbial function in the global public sphere, whereas others have acquired new meanings and pertinence in specific historical, cultural and gender-related contexts, significantly different from their original conception.
With essays from 19 scholars and researchers from 6 countries, Cavafy as World Literature offers a collective and multi-dimensional overview of Cavafys presence and function in world literature.
Author Bio
Takis Kayalis is Professor of Modern Greek Literature at the Hellenic Open University, Greece, and author of Cavafys Hellenistic Antiquities: History, Archaeology, Empire (2023). He has served on the Cavafy Archive's International Academic Committee (Onassis Foundation) since 2017.
Vicente Fernndez Gonzlez is Associate Professor of Translation at the University of Malaga, Spain. His publications include a UNESCO-funded special issue of the literary journal Litoral dedicated to C. P. Cavafy (1999), La ciudad de las ideas (2001) and Mlaga Cavafis Barcelona (2013). He is a member of the Cavafy Archives International Academic Committee (Onassis Foundation).
