Denise Harvey

Elder Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia (1906-1991), who was formally glorified as a saint by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in November 2013, has long been acknowledged and recognized as a luminary and spiritual guide with the special grace of clear sight....

"Loxandra" is the story of a Greek family living in Constantinople (Istanbul) from the mid-18th century up to the beginning of the First World War....

Lambros Kamperidiss study of Peris Ieremiadis is a work of therapy for our times....

FROM ITS FIRST APPEARANCE IN 1903 "The Murderess" has been regarded as Papadiamandis's finest work. Set on his native island it tells the story of Hadoula, a widow with grown-up children,

The diary of travels in the island of Crete in 1864 (4 April - 31 May) illustrated by the author s own drawings and paintings in both colour and black and white, with an introduction, notes and appendices by Rowena Fowler....

"The Blind Man with the Lamp", originally published in Greek in 1983, is the first English translation of a complete collection of poetry by Leivaditis....

The hillsides of Attica are stony and arid....

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Angelos Sikelianos (1884-1951) is generally recognized as the most important Greek poet between Cavafy and Seferis....

Alexandros Papadiamandis (1851-1911) lived in the midst of an uncertain age of transition for modern Greece....

Rembetika, the music which began in the jails and hashish-dens of Greek towns and became the popular bouzouki music of the 30 s, 40 s and 50 s, has many parellels with American blues....

Travellers, poets, artists, even scholars, still go to Greece iη search of something they feel that nο other Iand quite offers them....

During this century the Greek world has produced a wealth of poetry that is as astonishing in its scope as it is in its vigour; and this anthology brings together a selection from the works of the five poets who may be said to take pride οf place in substantiating this achievement....