Word: greek
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...COMPLETE POEMS OF CAVAFY, translated by Rae Dalven, and POEMS, by George Seferis, translated by Rex Warner, brought to English readers the works of the two most highly thought of Greek poets of the 20th century. A Greek writer breathes the past; and perhaps because of this, both men are poets of defeat. The late C. P. Cavafy, whose Joycean audacity with language makes him the more difficult of the two to translate, takes the gloomier view. Seferis, who is Greek Ambassador to Britain, is a mystic who recognizes a man's fitful nobility...
...students' wide-ranging curiosity awes English Teacher Anne Wallach of San Francisco's Lowell High School: "They read everything from Greek classics to modern political novels. On their own, they tackle Dostoevsky, Camus, Thomas Wolfe and Elizabeth Bowen; on picnics they talk about everything from world politics to advanced physics. These students are definitely not dull. They're wonderfully vigorous...
...Persephone as "my most complex work so far." and it proved to be a radical transformation from the gentle, classically oriented manner of such Ashton successes as Cinderella and Sylvia. The choreographic style was severe, angular and so stylized that it sometimes seemed Ashton had turned to ancient Greek friezes for his inspiration. The dancers in the corps de ballet frequently were presented in profile, in friezelike groupings; at other times, they marched flat-footed with hands on one another's shoulders, or with arms raised and palms held flat. The legendary quality of the production was reflected...
...From the Greek laos, meaning "people...
...release on the Veritas label, two records on Vanguard. Baez has a staggeringly beautiful voice. Her rendition of "Old Blue" on her latest Vanguard release is also excellent for checking up on the distortion of your phono-cartridge. Theodore Alevizos, a former WHRB Balladeer, has a wonderful recording of Greek folksongs on Prestige International, whereon he is accompanied by Rolf Cahn and Susan Alevizos. Rolf Cahn and Eric Von Schmidt have an album on Folkways; those who have seen their live performances will be tempted to say the recording suffers from sobriety of one sort or another...