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GERE, C., Knossos and the Prophets of Modernism. University of Chicago Press, Chicago / London, 2009. X,277p. Original cloth with dust wrappers. Nice copy. Like new. 'Cathe Gere relates the fascinating story of Evan's excavation and its longterm effects on Western culture.This books 'uncovers how the high priests of modernism - from Freud to Robert Graves to H.D. - were deeply engaged not just with the new discoveries of archaeology but also with a fantasy of ancient Crete - pacifist, sexually free, matriarchal.' (SIMON GOLDHILL). € 26.50 (Antiquarian) ISBN: 9780226289533