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Table of Contents:
Introductory chapter: Towards a definition of performance and its significance in Cavafy studies (pp. 1-21)
Chapter one: The dramatic monologue in Cavafy (pp 22-47)
Chapter two: Performativity in Cavafy (pp.48-67)
Chapter three: Memory Plays: Cavafy’s Dramatic Representations of Memory (pp. 68-86)
Chapter four: History on the stage: Theatricality, performativity, and performance of self in Cavafy’s historical poems (pp. 87-108)
Chapter five: Cavafy, performance and subversion (pp. 109-126)
General conclusions (pp. 128-129)
Bibliography/Index (p. 130)