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C.P. Cavafy: Collected Poems (Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation)
 
 

C.P. Cavafy: Collected Poems (Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation) (Paperback)

by C P Cavafy (Author) "With no consideration, no pity, no shame, they have built walls around me, thick and high ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press; Revised edition (30 Sep 1992)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0691015376
  • ISBN-13: 978-0691015378
  • Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 13.2 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 477,157 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Among the key books of our century and should be read by anyone who cares for poetry. Washington Post Book World


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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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5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely wonderful!, 13 Nov 1998
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Kavafy is the the perfect guide in our exploration of life. I reccommend this book highly. Edmund Keeley has done a wonderful job in bringing Kavafy's poetry to us.
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