Born around 630BC on the Greek island of Lesbos, Sappho is now regarded as the greatest lyrical poet of ancient Greece, ironic and passionate, capturing the troubled depths of love. Her work survives only in fragments, yet her influence extends throughout Western literature, fuelled by the speculations and romances which have gathered around her name, her story and her sexuality.This remarkable anthology brilliantly displays the way different periods have taken up Sappho's haunting story bringing together many different kinds of work. We see her image change, re-created in Ovid's poetry and Boccaccio's tales, in translations by Pope, Rossetti and Swinburne, Baudelaire, in the modern versions of Eavan Boland, Ruth Padel and Jeanette Winterson.
Vorwort
For two and a half thousand years, poets and readers have been inspired by the writing of Sappho, and the myths that surround her
Autorentext
Vorwort
For two and a half thousand years, poets and readers have been inspired by the writing of Sappho, and the myths that surround her
Autorentext
Margaret Reynolds
Titel
The Sappho Companion
Autor
EAN
9781446413760
ISBN
978-1-4464-1376-0
Format
E-Book (epub)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
15.12.2010
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
4.12 MB
Anzahl Seiten
432
Jahr
2010
Untertitel
Englisch
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