The Sappho Companion - Brossura

Reynolds, Margaret

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0099738619 ISBN 13: 9780099738619

Casa editrice: Vintage, 2001

Riassunto

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.

Su questo libro

Descrizione del libro:

For two and a half thousand years, poets and readers have been inspired by the writing of Sappho, and the myths that surround her

L'autore:

Margaret Reynolds is a writer, academic, critic and broadcaster: her previous books include The Penguin Book of Lesbian Stories, Erotica and Victorian Women Poets: An Anthology. She is a Visiting Fellow at Clare Hall, Cambridge.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Vintage
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0099738619
• ISBN 13: 9780099738619
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 432