C. P. Cavafy

The Collected Poems of C. P. Cavafy: A New Translation

Buch

C. P. Cavafy (1863-1933) has written some of the most powerful poems in history. His work uncannily translates history, the record of the many, into an individual personal document. Though Cavafy is wickedly satirical, many of his poems are located in a landscape of intimacy. Drawing on the spectrum of ancient Greek poetic tradition, his poetry is still internal, whether his speaker is a spoiled rich boy who plans to enter politics or a poor, ostracized, pure and beautiful young man destroyed by poverty and priggish social mores.In these glimmering and lyrical translations, with an introduction and scholarly endnotes cowritten with Willis Bar… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Barnstone, Aliki (Übers.)

ISBN: 978-0-393-32899-8
EAN: 9780393328998
Produktnummer: 2564912
Verlag: W W Norton & Co
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Seitenangabe: 264 S.
Masse: H20.8 cm x B14.1 cm x D1.9 cm 349 g
Gewicht: 349

Über den Autor

Aliki Barnstone's translations have appeared in American Poetry Review, TriQuarterly, Virginia Quarterly Review, and other journals. An editor and critic, she lives in Las Vegas and teaches at UNLV.