The Poetry of Sappho: An Expanded Edition, Featuring Newly Discovered Poems - Paperback
by Jim Powell
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780190937386ISBN-10:190937386UPC:9780190937386Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Ancient and ClassicalSize:6.80 x 4.90 x 0.30 inchesWeight:0.1499Product ID:SCXZV0RN94
The Poetry of Sappho: An Expanded Edition, Featuring Newly Discovered Poems
"The Sapphic impression of emotion poured out in unpremeditated speech is the product of sophisticated art. Such poetry confronts the translator with a formidable challenge.... Jim Powell is fully aware of the dangers, and speaks of the 'fluidity, ease, grace, and melodic variety' of Sappho's measures. Powell has tried to reproduce the effect. The resulting book is a brilliant success. Powell has...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780190937386ISBN-10:190937386UPC:9780190937386Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Ancient and ClassicalSize:6.80 x 4.90 x 0.30 inchesWeight:0.1499Product ID:SCXZV0RN94
A MacArthur Fellow who has taught at Reed College, the University of Chicago, and the University of California, Berkeley, Jim Powell is the author of two poetry collections, It Was Fever that Made the World and Substrate.
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