If not, winter : fragments of Sappho / translated by Anne Carson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sappho.

Contributor:

Carson, Anne, 1950-

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sappho--Translations into English.

Sappho.

Lesbos (Greece : Municipality)--Poetry.

Lesbos (Greece : Municipality).

Women--Greece--Poetry.

Women.

Greece.

Greece--Lesbos (Municipality).

Genre:

Poetry.

Translations.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xiii, 397 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First Vintage Books edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Vintage Books, 2003.

Language Note:

Poetry in English and Greek.

Summary:

The poetry book of the year, If Not, Winter irresistibly combines the ancient mysteries of Sappho with the contemporary wizardry of acclaimed poet and classicist Anne Carson in what is sure to become the standard translation of Sappho for our time.

Of the nine books of lyrics Sappho is said to have composed, only one poem has survived complete. The rest are fragments. Refracted through the refreshingly contemporary sensibility of the fanatically admired Carson, these fragments invite a thrill of discovery and conjecture that can be described only as electric. Presented with the Greek on facing pages, her verses appear here as if on the ragged scraps of papyrus that preserve them. Together with Carson's introduction and notes, they provide a tantalizing window into Sappho's genius.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-383).

Other Format:

Online version: Sappho. If not, winter.

ISBN:

0375724516

9780375724510

OCLC:

53025614