Complete Poems by George Seferis Translation Larkin played down his literariness

Larkin played down his literariness

The volume covers his separation from first wife Vivien

Michael Roberts

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Complete Poems by George Seferis Translation Larkin played down his literarinessGeorge Seferis is the great Greek poet of the twentieth century, a classic among classics. The formal and thematic versatility of his work, its decisively modern inflections, call Eliots poems to mind: fastidious and expansive in equal measure. Like Eliots deep rooted Modernism, Seferiss never loses touch with the stones and inscriptions of the past. He writes for his and our time, poetically and politically alert: culture can free us or, misapplied,