| Edition |
First Vintage books edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 397 pages ; 22 cm |
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Gender group gdr Women lcdgt |
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National/Regional group nat Greeks lcdgt |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-383). |
| Language |
Poetry in English and Greek. |
| Contents |
On Sappho, p.ix -- On the Text, p.x -- On Marks and Lacks, p.xi -- IF NOT, WINTER, I -- NOTES, p.357 -- WHO'S WHO, p.384 -- APPENDIX: SO ME EXEMPLARY TESTIMONlA, p.393. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Sappho -- Translations into English.
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Lesbos (Greece : Municipality) -- Poetry.
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Women -- Greece -- Poetry.
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Women -- Greece -- Poetry.
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Sappho. (OCoLC)fst00016361
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Women. (OCoLC)fst01176568
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Greece. (OCoLC)fst01208380
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Greece -- Lesbos (Municipality)
(OCoLC)fst01240834
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Kvinnor -- Grekland -- poesi.
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Lesbos -- poesi.
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| Genre/Form |
Lyric poetry. (OCoLC)fst01921718
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Poetry. (OCoLC)fst01423828
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Translations. (OCoLC)fst01423791
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Lyric poetry.
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| Added Author |
Container of (work): Sappho.
Works.
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Container of (expression): Sappho.
Works. English (Carson)
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Carson, Anne, 1950- translator.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Sappho. If not, winter. 1st Vintage Books ed. New York : Vintage Books, 2003, ©2002 (OCoLC)607850514 |
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Online version: Sappho. If not, winter. 1st Vintage Books ed. New York : Vintage Books, 2003, ©2002 (OCoLC)608417630 |
| ISBN |
0375724516 |
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9780375724510 |
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0375410678 |
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9780375410673 |
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