[C.P. Cavafy]. Clearing the Ground: C.P. Cavafy, Poetry and Prose, 1902-1911. Edited, Translated, and with an Essay by Martin McKinsey. Chapel Hill, NC: Laertes, 2015. xii, 163 p.

ISBN 1942281005; 9781942281009 pbk

Contains:

I. Introduction (pp. 1-9).

II. Poetry and Prose, 1902-1911 (pp. 11-123):

1902: "[On Obsolete Words]" (1902?) (p. 15); "[On Sincerity and Art]" (July 5) (p. 16); "[On the Practical Professions]" (August 18) (p. 17); "[On Truth and Falsehood]" (September 16) (p. 18); "[Clearing the Ground]" (October 19) (p. 19); "[A Single Letter]" (November 9) (p. 20); "[Art and Arousal]" (November 12) (p. 21); "[Sexual Deviance]" (December 13) (p. 22).

1903: "Perfidy" (May) (pp. 25-26); "Growing Strong in Spirit" (June) (p. 27); "The Retinue of Dionysus" (July) (p. 28); "[Philosophical Scrutiny]" (Fall) (pp. 29-33); "A Crafter of Winebowls" (November) (p. 34); "[On Literary Failure]" (November 29) (p. 35).

1904: "September 1903" (January) (p. 39); "December 1903" (p. 40); "January 1904" (p. 41); "[Craving]" (1904?) (p. 42); "Orophernes" (February), tr. by John Cavafy (pp. 43-44); "[On Wickedness]" (1904?) (p. 45); "[The (So-Called) Wicked Man]" (1905?) (p. 46); "On the Stairs" (p. 47); "At the Theater" (March) (p. 48); "In the Entrance to the Café" (July) (p. 49); "Demaratus" (August) (pp. 50-51); "Desires" (September) (p. 52); "[Flaws in Great Poems]" (1904?) (p. 53); "[On Monks and Vision]" (1904?) (p. 54).

1905: "Manuel Komnenos" (March) (p. 57); "I Went" (June) (p. 58); "[Mistress of the World]" (June) (p. 59); "Ionic" (July) (p. 60); "The Satrapy", tr. by C.P. Cavafy (p. 61); "[No Small Thing]" (July 9) (p. 62); "As Best You Can" (October) (p. 63); "[The New Phase of Love]" (October) (p. 64); "He Swears" (December) (p. 65); "[An Object of Speculation]" (December 15) (p. 66).

1906: "[On Art and Sincerity]" (p. 69); "Ides of March" (March) (p. 70); "Philhellene" (July) (p. 71); "Poseidonians" (August) (p. 72); "[From a Draft of a Letter to Marika Tsaliki]" (September 9) (pp. 73-74); "[On Postponing to Publish]" (October 1) (p. 75).

1907: "[On Self-Interest]" (January 3) (p. 79); "[On Fervor]" (January 24) (p. 80); "[On Alexandria]" (April 28) (p. 81); "[Second Occupations]" (May 13) (p. 82); "Marc Antony Dying" (June) (p. 83); "One Night" (July) (p. 84); "The Tobacconist's Window" (September) (p. 85); "[A Limited Circle of Pleasure]" (September 22) (p. 86); "Independence" (Fall 1907?) (pp. 87-88).

1908: "27 June 1906, 2 p.m." (January) (p. 91); "Hidden Things" (April) (p. 92); "[The Beauty of the Poorer Classes]" (June 29) (p. 93); "[Fresh on the Impression …]" (July 11) (p. 94); "[On Seriousness]" (October 26) (p. 95).

1909: "Days of 1903" (March) (p. 99); "['The Time of Summer I Love …']" (Summer 1909?) (p. 100); "Come Back" (September) (p. 101).

1910: "Seleucid's Displeasure" (February) (pp. 105-106); "Accomplished Facts" (May) (p. 107); "[On Writing and the Erotic]" (June 20) (p. 108); "[The New Philosophical Ideas]" (September 10) (p. 109); "Ithaca" (October) (pp. 110-111); "The God Abandons Antony" (November) (p. 112).

1911: "The Tomb of Lysias the Grammarian" (February) (p. 115); "[A Discipline de Vie]" (early April) (p. 116); "Hearing of Love" (June) (p. 117); "Theodotus" (October) (p. 118); "I Have Gazed So Long —" (p. 119); "[Visions of Beauty]" (October 17) (p. 120); "To Antiochus Epiphanes" (November) (p. 121); "Dangerous Pursuits" (p. 122); "A Rare Exception" (December) (p. 123).

III. Afterword: "The Aesthetics of Pleasure" (pp. 125-160).

IV. Appendix: An Unpublished Essay (1906) "[On The Chronicle of the Morea]" (pp. 161-163).

In Part II, all titles in square brackets are notes in prose; the others are poems.