Pocket Sappho,The

Name: Pocket Sappho,The
Brand: Willis Barnstone
SKU: 9781611806915
Price: 8.24 GBP
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by Willis Barnstone

Title:

Pocket Sappho,The

Author:

Willis Barnstone

Series (if any):

Shambhala Pocket Library

Format:

Paperback

Number of pages:

208 pages

Publisher:

Shambhala Publications Inc

ISBN-13:

9781611806915

EAN:

9781611806915

Publication Date:

23/07/2019

Classifications:

Literature: history and criticism

Weight (g):

298

Dimensions (mm):

109 x 171 x 16

Publication Country:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Condition:

New

Price:£8.24

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Description

A vivid, contemporary translation of the greatest Greek love poet by the prize-winning poet and translator.Sappho’s lyric love poems, composed in the seventh century B.C.E., transcend time and place and continue to enchant readers today. Though her extant work consists only of a collection of fragments and a handful of complete poems, the passionate elegance of her musings on life and death, loss and longing, desire, and nature speak volumes.Willis Barnstone’s vivid, contemporary translation, along with his introduction and notes, sheds new light on the spirit and mystique of this ancient Greek poet.This edition is an abridgment of The Complete Poems of Sappho.