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

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 Barnstone, Aliki Barnstone has been faithful to the original Greek, capturing both Cavafy's song and his vernacular in ways neglected in previous translations. Paying close attention to tone and diction, she has employed her well-tuned poet's ear, making Cavafy's verse breathe new music in English.Read More

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  • Blackwell

    A new translation of a poet widely considered one of the most important of the twentieth century. 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...

  • ASDA

    Translating history into an individual personal document the author draws on Greek poetic tradition to write wickedly satirical yet internal poetry.

  • Pickabook

    Constantine P. Cavafy, Aliki Barnstone (Trans)

  • 0393328996
  • 9780393328998
  • CP Cavafy
  • 1 May 2007
  • W. W. Norton & Co.
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 304
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