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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- Introduction 1
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SECTION I – BEGINNINGS
- Introduction 13
- 1 Camondo’s Way 16
- 2 A Sephardic Family 35
- 3 The Boulissa’s Pilgrimage 47
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SECTION II – LITERARY PORTRAITS
- Introduction 53
- 4 Italo Svevo 57
- 5 Western and Eastern Themes in the Poetry of Yunus Emre 73
- 6 The Poetry of Constantine Cavafy 92
- 7 Fernando Pessoa, Outsider among English Poets 99
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SECTION III – EUROPEAN RECONSTRUCTION AND DECOLONIZATION
- Introduction 111
- 8 The Destruction of the Berlin Museums 116
- 9 A Capital without a Country 123
- 10 Letter from Germany 129
- 11 The Homing Pigeons of Algiers: A Sociology of Rebellion in France 140
- 12 On the Horizon: The Criminal as Public Servant 151
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SECTION IV – THE AGE OF IMPROVIDENCE
- Introduction 159
- 13 Self and Society 164
- 14 Tea at Lady Ottoline’s 177
- 15 The Homophobia of André Breton 184
- 16 Cruising with Hart Crane 192
- 17 Portrait of Alias, or the Real Life of Maurice Sachs 201
- Notes 215
- Works Cited 235
- Credits 237
- Index 239
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- Introduction 1
-
SECTION I – BEGINNINGS
- Introduction 13
- 1 Camondo’s Way 16
- 2 A Sephardic Family 35
- 3 The Boulissa’s Pilgrimage 47
-
SECTION II – LITERARY PORTRAITS
- Introduction 53
- 4 Italo Svevo 57
- 5 Western and Eastern Themes in the Poetry of Yunus Emre 73
- 6 The Poetry of Constantine Cavafy 92
- 7 Fernando Pessoa, Outsider among English Poets 99
-
SECTION III – EUROPEAN RECONSTRUCTION AND DECOLONIZATION
- Introduction 111
- 8 The Destruction of the Berlin Museums 116
- 9 A Capital without a Country 123
- 10 Letter from Germany 129
- 11 The Homing Pigeons of Algiers: A Sociology of Rebellion in France 140
- 12 On the Horizon: The Criminal as Public Servant 151
-
SECTION IV – THE AGE OF IMPROVIDENCE
- Introduction 159
- 13 Self and Society 164
- 14 Tea at Lady Ottoline’s 177
- 15 The Homophobia of André Breton 184
- 16 Cruising with Hart Crane 192
- 17 Portrait of Alias, or the Real Life of Maurice Sachs 201
- Notes 215
- Works Cited 235
- Credits 237
- Index 239