Maria Boletsi is Marilena Laskaridis Endowed Professor of Modern Greek Studies at the University of Amsterdam and Associate Professor in Film and Comparative Literature at Leiden University.

• ContentsPreface: Cavafy and Specters1. Introduction: Cavafy’s Ghost Shipsa. Ghost Shipsb. Specters, Time, and Justicec. Reading Cavafy Preposterouslyd. The Writer’s Inkwell: From Tyrannical Prehension to Foreign Handse. Ghosts and the Archivef. Outline2. Cavafy’s Poetics of the Spectral: On Broken Promises and Conjurationsa. Introductionb. On Broken Promisesc. On Conjurationsd. Living with Specters3. Haunted Modernity: Cavafy’s Noonday Demona. Reading Preposterously: From Sotiropoulos’ What’s Left of the Night to Cavafy’s “In Broad Daylight”b. Ghosts and Modernityc. Cavafy’s Noonday Demon: From Religion to Capitalism and Backd. A Little Box…e. …and a Big Boxf. Ghosts of Capitalist Futuresg. Haunting and Desire4. The Reluctant Ironist: Affect, Spectral Truth, and Irony’s Temperaturea. Introductionb. Irony and Affectc. “A Diary of Occurrences,” But Not Quited. Philosophical Scrutinye. Cavafy’s Little God of Irony5. Specters of Barbariansa. Introduction b. The Poem’s Literary and Artistic Restagingsc. The Poem as a Figure of Cultural Mutationd. Waiting for the Barbarians After the Cold Ware. Between Enlightenment, Decadence, and Modernism: Barbarians and Historical Timef. Barbarians and the Desire for New Narrativesg. Reluctant Irony as Being-With-Specters6. The Futurity of Things Past: From Colonized Egypt to the Greek Crisis and Beyonda. Introductionb. Cavafy’s Fractured Statuec. Verses in Transitd. “Violence Is A Dangerous Thing”e. Debt, Reform, and Violence in Colonies Past and Presentf. Reading-by-Fragments and the Promise of FuturityEpilogue: Returns and Unknown Destinationsa. Cavafy as Control-freak, Collector, Surgeon, Reluctant Destroyer, Revolutionaryb. Concluding, Or ReturningNotesReferencesIndex

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Maria Boletsi is Marilena Laskaridis Endowed Professor of Modern Greek Studies at the University of Amsterdam and Associate Professor in Film and Comparative Literature at Leiden University.

• ContentsPreface: Cavafy and Specters1. Introduction: Cavafy’s Ghost Shipsa. Ghost Shipsb. Specters, Time, and Justicec. Reading Cavafy Preposterouslyd. The Writer’s Inkwell: From Tyrannical Prehension to Foreign Handse. Ghosts and the Archivef. Outline2. Cavafy’s Poetics of the Spectral: On Broken Promises and Conjurationsa. Introductionb. On Broken Promisesc. On Conjurationsd. Living with Specters3. Haunted Modernity: Cavafy’s Noonday Demona. Reading Preposterously: From Sotiropoulos’ What’s Left of the Night to Cavafy’s “In Broad Daylight”b. Ghosts and Modernityc. Cavafy’s Noonday Demon: From Religion to Capitalism and Backd. A Little Box…e. …and a Big Boxf. Ghosts of Capitalist Futuresg. Haunting and Desire4. The Reluctant Ironist: Affect, Spectral Truth, and Irony’s Temperaturea. Introductionb. Irony and Affectc. “A Diary of Occurrences,” But Not Quited. Philosophical Scrutinye. Cavafy’s Little God of Irony5. Specters of Barbariansa. Introduction b. The Poem’s Literary and Artistic Restagingsc. The Poem as a Figure of Cultural Mutationd. Waiting for the Barbarians After the Cold Ware. Between Enlightenment, Decadence, and Modernism: Barbarians and Historical Timef. Barbarians and the Desire for New Narrativesg. Reluctant Irony as Being-With-Specters6. The Futurity of Things Past: From Colonized Egypt to the Greek Crisis and Beyonda. Introductionb. Cavafy’s Fractured Statuec. Verses in Transitd. “Violence Is A Dangerous Thing”e. Debt, Reform, and Violence in Colonies Past and Presentf. Reading-by-Fragments and the Promise of FuturityEpilogue: Returns and Unknown Destinationsa. Cavafy as Control-freak, Collector, Surgeon, Reluctant Destroyer, Revolutionaryb. Concluding, Or ReturningNotesReferencesIndex

Best Monograph Award Winner

Maria Boletsi is Marilena Laskaridis Endowed Professor of Modern Greek Studies at the University of Amsterdam and Associate Professor in Film and Comparative Literature at Leiden University.

• ContentsPreface: Cavafy and Specters1. Introduction: Cavafy’s Ghost Shipsa. Ghost Shipsb. Specters, Time, and Justicec. Reading Cavafy Preposterouslyd. The Writer’s Inkwell: From Tyrannical Prehension to Foreign Handse. Ghosts and the Archivef. Outline2. Cavafy’s Poetics of the Spectral: On Broken Promises and Conjurationsa. Introductionb. On Broken Promisesc. On Conjurationsd. Living with Specters3. Haunted Modernity: Cavafy’s Noonday Demona. Reading Preposterously: From Sotiropoulos’ What’s Left of the Night to Cavafy’s “In Broad Daylight”b. Ghosts and Modernityc. Cavafy’s Noonday Demon: From Religion to Capitalism and Backd. A Little Box…e. …and a Big Boxf. Ghosts of Capitalist Futuresg. Haunting and Desire4. The Reluctant Ironist: Affect, Spectral Truth, and Irony’s Temperaturea. Introductionb. Irony and Affectc. “A Diary of Occurrences,” But Not Quited. Philosophical Scrutinye. Cavafy’s Little God of Irony5. Specters of Barbariansa. Introduction b. The Poem’s Literary and Artistic Restagingsc. The Poem as a Figure of Cultural Mutationd. Waiting for the Barbarians After the Cold Ware. Between Enlightenment, Decadence, and Modernism: Barbarians and Historical Timef. Barbarians and the Desire for New Narrativesg. Reluctant Irony as Being-With-Specters6. The Futurity of Things Past: From Colonized Egypt to the Greek Crisis and Beyonda. Introductionb. Cavafy’s Fractured Statuec. Verses in Transitd. “Violence Is A Dangerous Thing”e. Debt, Reform, and Violence in Colonies Past and Presentf. Reading-by-Fragments and the Promise of FuturityEpilogue: Returns and Unknown Destinationsa. Cavafy as Control-freak, Collector, Surgeon, Reluctant Destroyer, Revolutionaryb. Concluding, Or ReturningNotesReferencesIndex

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