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It already has its imitators , Cavafy tells us ( “ superficial it is true for the most part ” ) , “ and not only among Greek poets . Rare but striking signs of Cavafy's influence are found to some extent everywhere .
It already has its imitators , Cavafy tells us ( “ superficial it is true for the most part ” ) , “ and not only among Greek poets . Rare but striking signs of Cavafy's influence are found to some extent everywhere .
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a a Maria Tobrou of the Greek poet's creative borrowings from Browning has just appeared and is likely to engender further discussion among a Greek literary public in which English poetry is now much more widely studied than it was ...
a a Maria Tobrou of the Greek poet's creative borrowings from Browning has just appeared and is likely to engender further discussion among a Greek literary public in which English poetry is now much more widely studied than it was ...
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But the case of “ Sculptor from Tyana ” is as subtle and pleasing an example as I know of a poetic theft ... knew the older poet to be a classic , and , struck by his contemporary , the Greek poet's own classic poems have drawn new life ...
But the case of “ Sculptor from Tyana ” is as subtle and pleasing an example as I know of a poetic theft ... knew the older poet to be a classic , and , struck by his contemporary , the Greek poet's own classic poems have drawn new life ...
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