Alexandrian Sphinx - The Hidden Life of Constantine Cavafy

About the author

Peter Jeffreys is an Associate Professor of English at Suffolk University in Boston and has written, translated and edited a number of books on Cavafy: Eastern Questions: Hellenism and Orientalism in the Writings of E. M. Forster; C. P. Cavafy; The Forster-Cavafy Letters: Friends at a Slight Angle; C. P. Cavafy: Selected Prose Works; Reframing Decadence: C. P. Cavafy’s Imaginary Portraits; and Approaches to Teaching the Works of C.P. Cavafy. He is a member of the International Cavafy Archive Academic Committee at the Onassis Foundation and served as a consultant for the exhibits at the Cavafy House in Alexandria and the Cavafy Archive Space in Athens.
Gregory Jusdanis, a Distinguished Arts and Sciences Professor at Ohio State University, is the author of The Poetics of Cavafy, Belated Modernity and Aesthetic Culture, The Necessary Nation, Fiction Agonistes, and A Tremendous Thing.

Product details

• Authors: Jeffreys Peter, Gregory Jusdanis
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 13.08.2026
• EAN: 9781398551268
• ISBN: 978-1-3985-5126-8
• No. of pages: 560
• Subjects: Alexandria, Istanbul, London, Greater London, Liverpool, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, POETRY / General, Prose: non-fiction, Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, 20th Century, Egypt, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, LITERARY CRITICISM / African, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Of specific Gay & Lesbian interest, c 1800 to c 1900, Turkey, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literature: history & criticism, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Biography and non-fiction prose, Biography: writers, Literature: history and criticism, POETRY / LGBTQ+, Literary studies: poetry and poets, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / LGBTQ+, LITERARY CRITICISM / LGBTQ+, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Eastern, Relating to LGBTQIA+ people, Poetry / Poems