Inventing paradise :
Keeley, Edmund
Inventing paradise : the Greek journey, 1937-47 / Edmund Keeley. - Northwestern University Press ed. - Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 2002, c1999. - viii, 290 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-273) and index.
"In the looming shadow of an oppressive dictatorship and imminent world war, George Seferis and George Katsimbalis, along with other poets and writers from Greece's fabled Generation of the 1930s, welcomed Henry Miller and Lawrence Durrell to their homeland. Together, as they spent evenings in Athenian tavernas, explored the Peloponnese, swam off island beaches, and considered the meaning of Greek life and freedom and art, they seemed to be inventing paradise. In a lyrical blend of personal memoir, literary criticism, and interpretative storytelling, Edmund Keeley takes readers on a journey into the poetry, friendships, and politics of this extraordinary time. A remarkable work of cultural history and imaginative criticism, his book recreates a lost paradise of immediate charm, literary greatness, and mythic reach."-- Publisher's description.
0810119390 9780810119390
Miller, Henry 1891-1980 --Travel--Greece
Durrell, Lawrence--Homes and haunts--Greece
Seferis, George 1900-1971 --Friends and associates
Katsimpales, Georgios Konstantinou 1899- --Friends and associates
Americans--History--Greece--20th century
Authors, American--20th century--Biography
Authors, English--20th century--Biography
British--History--Greece--20th century
American literature--Greek influences
English literature--Greek influences
Greece--Intellectual life--20th century
Greece--In literature
818.5203
Inventing paradise : the Greek journey, 1937-47 / Edmund Keeley. - Northwestern University Press ed. - Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 2002, c1999. - viii, 290 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-273) and index.
"In the looming shadow of an oppressive dictatorship and imminent world war, George Seferis and George Katsimbalis, along with other poets and writers from Greece's fabled Generation of the 1930s, welcomed Henry Miller and Lawrence Durrell to their homeland. Together, as they spent evenings in Athenian tavernas, explored the Peloponnese, swam off island beaches, and considered the meaning of Greek life and freedom and art, they seemed to be inventing paradise. In a lyrical blend of personal memoir, literary criticism, and interpretative storytelling, Edmund Keeley takes readers on a journey into the poetry, friendships, and politics of this extraordinary time. A remarkable work of cultural history and imaginative criticism, his book recreates a lost paradise of immediate charm, literary greatness, and mythic reach."-- Publisher's description.
0810119390 9780810119390
Miller, Henry 1891-1980 --Travel--Greece
Durrell, Lawrence--Homes and haunts--Greece
Seferis, George 1900-1971 --Friends and associates
Katsimpales, Georgios Konstantinou 1899- --Friends and associates
Americans--History--Greece--20th century
Authors, American--20th century--Biography
Authors, English--20th century--Biography
British--History--Greece--20th century
American literature--Greek influences
English literature--Greek influences
Greece--Intellectual life--20th century
Greece--In literature
818.5203