[Jeffreys, Peter]. The Forster–Cavafy Letters: Friends at a Slight Angle. Edited and annotated by Peter Jeffreys. Cairo, Egypt; New York, NY: The American University in Cairo Press, 2009. xvii, 191 p.
ISBN 9774162579; 9789774162572
The volume includes all extant letters, the earliest Cavafy translations by George Valassopoulo (incorporating Cavafy's own authorial emendations), edited by Katerina Ghika and Peter Jeffreys, and also poems by E.M. Forster, archival photographs, and related letters. The foreword is by Manuel Savidis.
The Anthology contains: Valassopoulo, G.A. “An Alexandrian Poet: C.P. Cavafy” [essay] (pp. 123-125).
Poems: “Alexandrian Kings” (pp. 127-128); “Anna Comnena” (p. 129); “Aristobulos” (pp. 130-131); “Caesarion” (pp. 132-133); “Come Back” (p. 134); “Dangerous Thoughts” (p. 135); “Darius” (pp. 136-137); “Demaratus” (pp. 138-139); “Demetrius Soter (B.C. 162-150)” (pp. 140-141); “Did He Die?” (pp. 142-143); “Envoys from Alexandria” (p. 144); “Far Away” (p. 145); “For Ammones Who Died at the Age of 29 in the Year 610” (p. 146); “Herodes Atticus” (p. 147); “He Is the Man” (p. 148); “In a City of Asia Minor” (p. 149); “In a City of Osrhoene” (p. 150); “In the Church” (p. 151); “In the Month of Athyr” (p. 152); “Ionicon” (p. 153); “Ithaca” (pp. 154-155); “Manuel Comnenus” (p. 156); “Monotony” (p. 157); “Nero’s Span of Life” (p. 158); “Of the Jews (50 A.D.)” (p. 159); “One of Their Gods” (p. 160); “Orophernes” (pp. 161-162); “So That They Come…” (p. 163); “The City” (p. 164); “The Displeasure of the Seleucid” (pp. 165-166); “The End” (p. 167); “The God Abandons Antony” (p. 168); “The Ides of March” (p. 169); “The Meaning” (p. 170); “The Sea of a Morning” (p. 171); “The Tomb of Eurion” (p. 172); “The Tomb of Ignatius” (p. 173); “The Tomb of Lanes (I)” (p. 174); “The Tomb of Lanes (II)” (p. 175); “The Tomb of Lysias the Grammarian” (p. 176); “Theodotus” (p. 177); “Those Who Fought for the Achaean League” (p. 178); “To Antiochus Epiphanes” (p. 179); “Voices” (p. 180); “When Julian Observed Much Lukewarmness” (p. 181); “When They Wake Up” (p. 182); “Young Men of Sidon (A.D. 400)” (pp. 183-184).
The Appendix contains poems by E.M. Forster and William Plomer (pp. 185-188).
Includes archival photographs, and related letters.