Inventing Paradise
The spells and potions of mid-20th century Philhellenes - an entertaining opportunity to explore the constructions that underly the creation of Greece as an object of foreign passion and yearning and joy (but not lust or possessiveness like some others), and high on a reading list of my next course on 'Why foreigners love Greece':
'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, 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.'
democracystreet.blogspot.co.uk/2007/07/inventing-paradise...
Inventing Paradise
The spells and potions of mid-20th century Philhellenes - an entertaining opportunity to explore the constructions that underly the creation of Greece as an object of foreign passion and yearning and joy (but not lust or possessiveness like some others), and high on a reading list of my next course on 'Why foreigners love Greece':
'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, 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.'
democracystreet.blogspot.co.uk/2007/07/inventing-paradise...