Item 0002 (338) - Letter by A. Toynbee to E. M. Forster

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GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS03-F23-0002 (338)

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Letter by A. Toynbee to E. M. Forster

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  • 12/6/1924 (Creation)

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27 x 17.5 cm

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Toynbee, A.

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Onassis Foundation

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Handwritten letter by Arnold Toynbee to E. Μ. Forster, in which he expresses his appreciation of Cavafy's poetry and includes a short chronological list of the poems he distinguishes. Written in a bifolio. [London]. Accompanied by envelope addressed to Cavafy.

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      English

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      Writing in ink. Indiscernible watermark.

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      "The City" >Α107
      "Darius" >Α344
      "Alexandrian Kings" >Α129
      "Ides of March" >Α111
      "Ithaca" >Α122
      "Philhellene" >Α127
      "Chandelier" >Α137
      "Orophernes" >Α142
      "The Seleucid's Displeasure" >Α142
      "In a City of Osrhoene" >Α152
      "In Evening" >Α152
      "Safe Haven" >Α159
      "Aboard the Ship" >Α179
      "If Indeed He Died" >Α171

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      Toynbee, Arnold. “Letter by A. Toynbee to E. M. Forster”. Letter, 12.06.1924. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS03-F23-0002 (338), Onassis Foundation C. P. Cavafy Fonds. From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/CA-SF02-S01-SS03-F23-0002.

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      F44_Φ11-12

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          The appreciation of Toynbee of Cavafy's poems is interesting for three reasons: a) he categorises Cavafy's poems into historical and erotic (dual identity of Alexandria, according to Toynbee); b) he refers to the notion of dramatic monologue; c) he praises the "beauty of sound" of the poem "The City".

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