Complete Poems

Complete Poems
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An extraordinary literary event: Daniel Mendelsohnâ‚¬s acclaimed two-volume translation of the complete poems of C. P. Cavafyâ‚¬"including the first English translation of the poetâ‚¬s final Unfinished Poemsâ‚¬"now published in one handsome edition and featuring the fullest literary commentaries available in English, by the renowned critic, scholar, and international best-selling author of The Lost.
No modern poet so vividly brought to life the history and culture of Mediterranean antiquity; no writer dared break, with such taut energy, the early-twentieth-century taboos surrounding homoerotic desire; no poet before or since has so gracefully melded elegy and irony as the Alexandrian Greek poet Constantine Cavafy (1863â‚¬â€œ1933). Whether advising Odysseus on his return to Ithaca or confronting the poet with the ghosts of his youth, these verses brilliantly make the historical personalâ‚¬"and vice versa. To his profound exploration of longing and loneliness, fate and loss, memory and identity, Cavafy brings the historianâ‚¬s assessing eye along with the poetâ‚¬s compassionate heart.
After more than a decade of work and study, Mendelsohnâ‚¬"a classicist who alone among Cavafyâ‚¬s translators shares the poetâ‚¬s deep intimacy with the ancient worldâ‚¬"gives readers full access to the genius of Cavafyâ‚¬s verse: the sensuous rhymes, rich assonances, and strong rhythms of the original Greek that have eluded previous translators. Complete with the Unfinished Poems that Cavafy left in drafts when he diedâ‚¬"a remarkable, hitherto unknown discovery that remained in the Cavafy Archive in Athens for decadesâ‚¬"and with an in-depth introduction and a helpful commentary that situates each work in a rich historical, literary, and biographical context, this revelatory translation is a cause for celebration: the definitive presentation of Cavafy in English.
Country USA
Brand Knopf
Manufacturer Knopf
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780375700897
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2012-05-22
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780375700897

Country	USA
Brand	Knopf
Manufacturer	Knopf
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780375700897
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2012-05-22
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780375700897

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