Editing Lord Dunsany (section)

===Early 1940s===
In 1940, Dunsany was appointed Byron Professor of English in [[Athens University]], Greece. Having reached Athens by a circuitous route, he was so successful that he was offered a post as Professor of English in [[Istanbul]]. However, he had to be evacuated due to the [[German invasion of Greece]] in April 1941, returning home by an even more complex route, his travels forming a basis for a long poem published in book form (''A Journey, in 5 cantos: The Battle of Britain, The Battle of Greece, The Battle of the Mediterranean, Battles Long Ago, The Battle of the Atlantic'', special edition January 1944). [[Olivia Manning]]'s character Lord Pinkrose in her [[novel sequence]] the ''[[Fortunes of War (novel series)|Fortunes of War]]'' was a mocking portrait of Dunsany in that period.<ref>{{Harvnb |Cooper |1989 |p=159}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb |Braybrooke |Braybrooke |2004 |p=110}}</ref>