Cavafy: Poems: Edited and Translated with notes by Daniel

Cavafy: Poems: Edited and Translated with notes by Daniel Mendelsohn (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series)

The Alexandrian Greek poet Constantine Cavafy (1863â€“1933) is a towering figure of twentieth-century literature. No modern poet brought so vividly to life the history and culture of Mediterranean antiquity; no writer dared break, with such taut energy, the taboos of his time surrounding homoerotic desire.

In this edition, award-winningÂ translator and editor Daniel Mendelsohn has made a selection of the poetâ€™s best-loved works, including such favorites as â€œWaiting for the Barbarians,â€ â€œIthaca,â€ and â€œThe God Abandons Antony.â€ Accompanied by Mendelsohnâ€™s explanatory notes, the poems collected here cover the vast sweep of Hellenic civilization, from the Trojan War through Cavafyâ€™s own lifetime. Whether advising Odysseus as he returns home to Ithaca or portraying a doomed Marc Antony on the eve of his death, Cavafyâ€™s poems make the historic profoundly and movingly personal.
Country USA
Brand Everyman's Library
Manufacturer Everyman's Library
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780375712425
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2014-03-11
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EANs 9780375712425

Cavafy: Poems: Edited and Translated with notes by Daniel Mendelsohn (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series)