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C. P. Cavafy

Collected Poems, Revised Edition
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C. P. Cavafy (1863-1933) is the most important figure in twentieth-century Greek poetry, and his poems are considered among the most powerful in modern European literature. Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard's celebrated English translation of Cavafy's collected poems captures the poet's mixture of formal and idiomatic... Read More
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The acclaimed translation of the most important modern Greek poet

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C. P. Cavafy (1863-1933) is the most important figure in twentieth-century Greek poetry, and his poems are considered among the most powerful in modern European literature.

Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard's celebrated English translation of Cavafy's collected poems captures the poet's mixture of formal and idiomatic language, the immediacy of his frank treatment of homoeroticism, his brilliant re-creation of history, and his astute political ironies.

This English-only volume is a classic of modern poetry.

Series: The Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780691264646

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 November 2024

Country: United States

Imprint: Princeton University Press

Contributors:

  • Translated by Edmund Keeley
  • Edited by George Savidis
  • Translated by Philip Sherrard
  • Translated by Edmund Keeley
  • Translated by Philip Sherrard
  • Translated by Edmund Keeley
  • Translated by Philip Sherrard

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 304

About the Author

Edmund Keeley (1928-2022) was the Charles Barnwell Straut Class of 1923 Professor of English, emeritus, and professor emeritus of creative writing at Princeton University.

Philip Sherrard (1922-1995) was lecturer in the history of the Orthodox Church at King's College London.

George Savidis (1929-1995) was professor of modern Greek literature at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the George Seferis Professor of Modern Greek Studies at Harvard University.

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