tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6415228448079976141.post8856876383036375664..comments2024-01-17T09:06:41.408-05:00Comments on BookMenDC: Cavafy in English accentsTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09257203824962491470noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6415228448079976141.post-65143073108509965352014-06-03T12:02:40.574-04:002014-06-03T12:02:40.574-04:00The reviewer, it seems to me, goes to great showy ...The reviewer, it seems to me, goes to great showy lengths to take his own possession of Cavafy, thereby demeaning Mendelsohn's work. What he says about Cavafy's attitude toward the British struck me as misplaced. His family pretended to "old roots" in Constantinople in an effort to enhance their mercantile associations. This was a time in Alexandria when Greeks of British protection, like the Cavafys, flooded the consular courts with suits against other Greek traders. They were entirely disconnected from Egyptians. It's telling that Cavafy "never entered an Arab Egyptian house" or ever had an Egyptian lover. Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15785864771621974788noreply@blogger.com