Missing Persons

by E.R. Dodds

This memoir by the late distinguished classicist tells of Dodds' travels from China to San Francisco, his encounters with literary figures including Yeats, Eliot, Auden, and MacNeice, and his conflicting educations in Belfast, Dublin, and Oxford. The result is a moving account of one man's instinctive search for an identity in a time of deep moral, political, and aesthetic confusion.

Genres: Biography, Memoir

220 pages, cloth

First published December 7, 1976

About the author

Eric Robertson Dodds was an Irish classical scholar. He signed all his publications E. R. Dodds.

Reviews

[Melissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dodds is a fascinating teller of his life from his boyhood in (Anglican) Ireland, his student days and his amazing career as a scholar of Greek literature, especially its 'irrational' aspects. Somehow both humble and clear about his achievements.

[Jack · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent work. The reissued edition seems to lack the front cover photograph of the author.