THIS DIALECTIC OF BLOOD AND LIGHT
'... this dialectic of blood and light which is the history of your people...' (Sherrard to Seferis, 20 March 1950) Philip Sherrard first came across George Seferis's poetry when as a young man still in the army he was transferred to Greece in 1946. It made such a powerful impression on him that when he returned to England he started corresponding with Seferis, began translating his poetry into English, and ultimately decided to do his PhD on modern Greek poetry. Much later Sherrard was to translate, together with Edmund Keeley, Seferis's...
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