C.P.Cavafy – Collected Poems Rev Ed (Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation) - Hardcover

Cavafy, George

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0691069840 ISBN 13: 9780691069845

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1993

Synopsis

C. P. Cavafy (1863-1933) lived in relative obscurity in Alexandria, and a collected edition of his poems was not published until after his death. Now, however, he is regarded as the most important figure in twentieth-century Greek poetry, and his poems are considered among the most powerful in modern European literature. Here is an extensively revised edition of the acclaimed translations of Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard, which capture Cavafy's mixture of formal and idiomatic use of language and preserve the immediacy of his frank treatment of homosexual themes, his brilliant re-creation of history, and his astute political ironies. The resetting of the entire edition has permitted the translators to review each poem and to make alterations where appropriate. George Savidis has revised the notes according to his latest edition of the Greek text. About the first edition: "The best [English version] we are likely to see for some time."--James Merrill,The New York Review of Books "[Keeley and Sherrard] have managed the miracle of capturing this elusive, inimitable, unforgettable voice. It is the most haunting voice I know in modern poetry."--Walter Kaiser,The New Republic

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Praise for previous Princeton editions: "The best [English version] we are likely to see for some time. -- James Merrill "New York Review of Books"

Praise for previous Princeton editions: "[Keeley and Sherrard] have managed the miracle of capturing this elusive, inimitable, unforgettable voice. It is the most haunting voice I know in modern poetry. -- Walter Kaiser "New Republic"

Praise for previous Princeton editions: "Auden ascribed Cavafy's power to surmount translation to 'a tone of voice,' the revelation of 'a person with a unique perspective on the world.' That perspective is keenly evoked in a new translation by Edmund Keeley and Phillip Sherrard. -- T. E. Kalem "Time"

Praise for previous Princeton editions: "For those new to the Greek poet Cavafy, this selection of his work by two well-known scholars and translators should be a splendid introduction. . . . For others already familiar with Cavafy, these new and more colloquial translations offer an immediate access to a world brilliantly peopled with Alexandrians and Greeks, a world where Anthony and Kaisarion come alive and speak. -- Linda Pasta "Library Journal"

At least as far as Cavafy's 'canon' of 154 sanctioned poems is concerned, it seems likely that the long-established version by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard . . . will continue, deservedly, to hold the field.--Peter Green "New Republic "
At least as far as Cavafy's 'canon' of 154 sanctioned poems is concerned, it seems likely that the long-established version by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard . . . will continue, deservedly, to hold the field.
--Peter Green "New Republic "

"At least as far as Cavafy's 'canon' of 154 sanctioned poems is concerned, it seems likely that the long-established version by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard . . . will continue, deservedly, to hold the field."--Peter Green, New Republic

-At least as far as Cavafy's 'canon' of 154 sanctioned poems is concerned, it seems likely that the long-established version by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard . . . will continue, deservedly, to hold the field.---Peter Green, New Republic

About the Author

Edmund Keeley is Charles Barnwell Straut Class of 1923 Professor of English, emeritus, and professor of creative writing, emeritus, at Princeton University. Philip Sherrard (1922-1995) was research fellow at St. Antony's College, Oxford, and lecturer in the history of the Orthodox Church at King's College, London. George Savidis (1929-1995) was professor of modern Greek at the University of Thessaloniki and George Seferis Visiting Professor at Harvard University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691069840
• ISBN 13: 9780691069845
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 300