If not, winter : fragments of Sappho
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- Title
- If not, winter : fragments of Sappho
- Description
- "A bilingual edition of the work of the Greek poet Sappho, in a new translation by Anne Carson. Sappho lived on the island of Lesbos from about 630 B.C. She was a musical genius who devoted her life to composing and performing songs. Of the nine books of lyrics Sappho is said to have composed, none of the music is extant and only one poem has survived complete. All the rest are fragments. In If Not, Winter Carson presents all of Sappho's fragments in Greek and in English. Brackets and space give the reader a sense of what is absent as well as what is present on the papyrus. Carson's translation illuminates Sappho's reflections on love, desire, marriage, exile, cushions, bees, old age, shame, time, chickpeas and many other aspects of the human situation."--Jacket.
- Call Number (click link to view in library catalog)
- IUB03529
- Authors
- Sappho.
- Date
- 2002
- From the Exhibit
- Sappho's Literary Legacies and Afterlives:Α. Βίος, Life
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Location
- New York (N.Y.)
- Language
- English
- Rights
- This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
- Type
- text
- Edition
- First edition
- Medium
- book
- Bibliographic Citation
- Sappho. If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho. Translated by Anne Carson. First edition. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. Shelfmark IUB03529