Cavafy: Poems: Edited and Translated with notes by Daniel

Cavafy: Poems: Edited and Translated with notes by Daniel Mendelsohn (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series)

The Alexandrian Greek poet Constantine Cavafy (1863â€“1933) is a towering figure of twentieth-century literature. No modern poet brought so vividly to life the history and culture of Mediterranean antiquity; no writer dared break, with such taut energy, the taboos of his time surrounding homoerotic desire.

In this edition, award-winningÂ translator and editor Daniel Mendelsohn has made a selection of the poetâ€™s best-loved works, including such favorites as â€œWaiting for the Barbarians,â€ â€œIthaca,â€ and â€œThe God Abandons Antony.â€ Accompanied by Mendelsohnâ€™s explanatory notes, the poems collected here cover the vast sweep of Hellenic civilization, from the Trojan War through Cavafyâ€™s own lifetime. Whether advising Odysseus as he returns home to Ithaca or portraying a doomed Marc Antony on the eve of his death, Cavafyâ€™s poems make the historic profoundly and movingly personal.
Country USA
Brand Everyman's Library
Manufacturer Everyman's Library
Binding Hardcover
PartNumber 9780375712425
Color Multicolor
Height 6.46
Length 4.31
Weight 0.50044933474
Width 0.7
ReleaseDate 2014-03-11
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Cavafy: Poems: Edited and Translated with notes by Daniel Mendelsohn (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series)