Sherrard, Denise, ed. This Dialectic of Blood and Light. George Seferis – Philip Sherrard. An Exchange: 1947–1971. Limni, Evia, Greece: Denise Harvey (Publisher), 2015. x, 404 p.

ISBN 9789607120373 pbk

Contains:

The Exchange: Letters and Writings:

FEBRUARY 1947 – SEPTEMBER 1950 (pp. 51-163): "An Approach to the Poetry of Seferis" (An Essay by Sherrard) (pp. 56-74); [Philip Sherrard], "The Figure of Aretousa" (pp. 90-95); [George] Seferis, "Letter to George Katsimbalis on 'Thrush'", tr. Liadain Sherrard (pp. 104-126); [Philip Sherrard], "The Latin and the Greek" (pp. 137-140); [Philip Sherrard], "Greece and the Classics" (pp. 146-162).

DECEMBER 1950 – JULY 1952 (pp. 165-249): [George Seferis], "Extracts from Three Days in the Monasteries of Cappadocia", tr. Peter Mackridge (pp. 169-182); [Philip Sherrard], "El Greco (Toledo: 2nd & 3rd September 1950)" (pp. 184-195); [Philip Sherrard], "[Untitled (Symeon the New Theologian)]" (pp. 198-208); [Philip Sherrard], "T.S. Eliot and George Seferis: A Contrast in Backgrounds" (pp. 225-244).

NOVEMBER 1952 – APRIL 1956 (pp. 251-274).

JUNE 1956 – OCTOBER 1966 (pp. 275-315): [Philip Sherrard], "Delphi" (pp. 289-300).

APRIL 1967 – SEPTEMBER 1971 (pp. 317-349): [Philip Sherrard], "George Seferis 1900-1971: The Man and His Poetry" (pp. 324-349).

Appendix I: "[A Letter] to Rupert Doone, Five Letters to George Katsimbalis, and An Appreciation of George Katsimbalis" (all from/by Philip Sherrard) (pp. 353-366); Appendix II: Two Poems by George Seferis (pp. 367-379): "Last Stop", tr. Philip Sherrard (pp. 367-370); "Thrush", trs. Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard (pp. 371-379); Appendix III: Transcriptions of Letters in Greek (pp. 380-386).

Biographical Notes with Principal Works: George Seferis (pp. 387-389); Philip Sherrard (pp. 389-391).

Index (pp. 393-404).

In "The Exchange", the essays are by Sherrard, unless identified as being by Seferis; the letters are interleaved between the then unpublished typescripts of Seferis's and Sherrard's writings, which they sent to each other.