The 33rd Annual Thomas E. Leontis and Anna P. Leontis Memorial Lecture in Modern Greek Studies

April 6, 2023

3:00PM - 5:30PM

Ohio Union - Interfaith Prayer & Reflection Room 1739 N. High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43210

Add to Calendar 2023-04-06 15:00:00 2023-04-06 17:30:00 The 33rd Annual Thomas E. Leontis and Anna P. Leontis Memorial Lecture in Modern Greek Studies By Peter Jeffreys (Suffolk University) Lecture begins at 3:00 PM Reception begins at 4:15 PM “The Other Cavafys: The Creative Aspirations of John, Aristides and Paul" Peter Jeffreys C. P. Cavafy was not the only family poet. His brother John had published poetry well before his younger brother Constantine. In fact, the brothers shared a mutual mentorship in matters of verse. Their brother Aristides was an amateur artist who was the first illustrator of Constantine’s poems in addition to being a talented caricaturist and draftsman. And brother Paul, who lived a profligate life, aspired to write plays and penned social columns, ending his hedonistic days as a dandy in Hyeres, France. Despite their fall from high society owing to the family’s failed commercial ventures, the Cavafy bothers sought to rectify their economic shortcomings by seeking refuge in art. This lecture will present unpublished writings and artwork created by the “other brothers” with a view to appreciating their unacknowledged artistic aspirations and putting them into dialogue with their now globally famous brother. Peter Jeffreys is an associate professor of English at Suffolk University in Boston where he teaches classes on British Modernism, Gothic Literature, Literary Decadence, World Literature and visual literacy. He has written a number of books on C.P. Cavafy, including Reframing Decadence: C.P. Cavafy's Imaginary Portraits (Cornell University Press, 2015); C.P. Cavafy: Selected Prose Works (University of Michigan Press, 2010); The Forster-Cavafy Letters: Friends at a Slight Angle (American University in Cairo Press, 2009); Eastern Questions: Hellenism and Orientalism in the Writings of E.M. Forster and C. P. Cavafy (ELT Press, 2005); Approaches to Teaching the Work of C.P. Cavafy (co-edited with Demetres Tryphonopoulos, Modern Language Association, forthcoming); and Alexandrian Sphinx: A Life of C.P. Cavafy (co-written with Gregory Jusdanis, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, forthcoming). He is currently working on a volume presenting the creative endeavors of The Other Cavafys. Visit the Leontis Memorial Lecture page for more information about the lecture series. Ohio Union - Interfaith Prayer & Reflection Room 1739 N. High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43210 OSU ASC Drupal 8 ascwebservices@osu.edu America/New_York public

Add to Calendar 2023-04-06 15:00:00 2023-04-06 17:30:00 The 33rd Annual Thomas E. Leontis and Anna P. Leontis Memorial Lecture in Modern Greek Studies By Peter Jeffreys (Suffolk University) Lecture begins at 3:00 PM Reception begins at 4:15 PM “The Other Cavafys: The Creative Aspirations of John, Aristides and Paul"  Peter Jeffreys   C. P. Cavafy was not the only family poet. His brother John had published poetry well before his younger brother Constantine. In fact, the brothers shared a mutual mentorship in matters of verse. Their brother Aristides was an amateur artist who was the first illustrator of Constantine’s poems in addition to being a talented caricaturist and draftsman. And brother Paul, who lived a profligate life, aspired to write plays and penned social columns, ending his hedonistic days as a dandy in Hyeres, France. Despite their fall from high society owing to the family’s failed commercial ventures, the Cavafy bothers sought to rectify their economic shortcomings by seeking refuge in art. This lecture will present unpublished writings and artwork created by the “other brothers” with a view to appreciating their unacknowledged artistic aspirations and putting them into dialogue with their now globally famous brother.      Peter Jeffreys is an associate professor of English at Suffolk University in Boston where he teaches classes on British Modernism, Gothic Literature, Literary Decadence, World Literature and visual literacy. He has written a number of books on C.P. Cavafy, including Reframing Decadence: C.P. Cavafy's Imaginary Portraits (Cornell University Press, 2015); C.P. Cavafy: Selected Prose Works (University of Michigan Press, 2010); The Forster-Cavafy Letters: Friends at a Slight Angle (American University in Cairo Press, 2009); Eastern Questions: Hellenism and Orientalism in the Writings of E.M. Forster and C. P. Cavafy (ELT Press, 2005); Approaches to Teaching the Work of C.P. Cavafy (co-edited with Demetres Tryphonopoulos, Modern Language Association, forthcoming); and Alexandrian Sphinx: A Life of C.P. Cavafy (co-written with Gregory Jusdanis, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, forthcoming). He is currently working on a volume presenting the creative endeavors of The Other Cavafys. Visit the Leontis Memorial Lecture page for more information about the lecture series. Ohio Union - Interfaith Prayer & Reflection Room 1739 N. High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43210 Department of Classics classics@osu.edu America/New_York public

By Peter Jeffreys
(Suffolk University)

Lecture begins at 3:00 PM
Reception begins at 4:15 PM

“The Other Cavafys: The Creative Aspirations of John, Aristides and Paul"

Peter Jeffreys

C. P. Cavafy was not the only family poet. His brother John had published poetry well before his younger brother Constantine. In fact, the brothers shared a mutual mentorship in matters of verse. Their brother Aristides was an amateur artist who was the first illustrator of Constantine’s poems in addition to being a talented caricaturist and draftsman. And brother Paul, who lived a profligate life, aspired to write plays and penned social columns, ending his hedonistic days as a dandy in Hyeres, France. Despite their fall from high society owing to the family’s failed commercial ventures, the Cavafy bothers sought to rectify their economic shortcomings by seeking refuge in art. This lecture will present unpublished writings and artwork created by the “other brothers” with a view to appreciating their unacknowledged artistic aspirations and putting them into dialogue with their now globally famous brother.

Peter Jeffreys is an associate professor of English at Suffolk University in Boston where he teaches classes on British Modernism, Gothic Literature, Literary Decadence, World Literature and visual literacy. He has written a number of books on C.P. Cavafy, including Reframing Decadence: C.P. Cavafy's Imaginary Portraits (Cornell University Press, 2015); C.P. Cavafy: Selected Prose Works (University of Michigan Press, 2010); The Forster-Cavafy Letters: Friends at a Slight Angle (American University in Cairo Press, 2009); Eastern Questions: Hellenism and Orientalism in the Writings of E.M. Forster and C. P. Cavafy (ELT Press, 2005); Approaches to Teaching the Work of C.P. Cavafy (co-edited with Demetres Tryphonopoulos, Modern Language Association, forthcoming); and Alexandrian Sphinx: A Life of C.P. Cavafy (co-written with Gregory Jusdanis, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, forthcoming). He is currently working on a volume presenting the creative endeavors of The Other Cavafys.

Visit the Leontis Memorial Lecture page for more information about the lecture series.