The Greek poets : Homer to the present / edited by Peter Constantine [and others] ; introduction by Robert Hass.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780393060836
- ISBN: 0393060837
- ISBN: 9780393340976
- ISBN: 039334097X
- Physical Description: xxxiii, 692 pages : map ; 25 cm
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., ©2010.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Classical antiquity -- Byzantium -- Early modern -- Twentieth century. |
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Subject: | Greek poetry > Translations into English. |
Genre: | Greek poetry > Translations into English. Greek poetry > Translations into English. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | PA 3622 .A2 C66 2010 | 30775305507452 | General Collection | Available | - |
Library Journal Review
The Greek Poets : Homer to the Present
Library Journal
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Looking at the available anthologies of Greek poetry in translation, it is easy for the general reader to suppose that Greek literature stopped with the ancients, with the possible exception of C.P. Cavafy. This new collection, edited by poet and translator Constantine and a number of other poet-translators, including James Merrill, W.S. Merwin, and Anne Carson, rectifies this error. The only alternative is the dual-language Penguin Book of Greek Verse (1971), sadly dated and out of print. This collection includes a rich selection from the ancients but also a deep sampling of poets from the Byzantine period down to contemporary poets of the Generation of 70, including Nasos Vayenas and Jenny Mastoraki. Verdict A valuable resource for scholars interested in the continuities of classical through modern Greek literature, those readers committed to world literature, and those who love good poetry.-T.L. Cooksey, Armstrong Atlantic State Univ., Savannah, GA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
BookList Review
The Greek Poets : Homer to the Present
Booklist
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Given the 2,800-year tradition of Greek poetry, it's no surprise that it took four foremost contemporary translator-editors to thoroughly survey it. Nor does it surprise that the twentieth-century section is only 30 pages shorter than that encompassing the classical period, 800 BCE-200 CE; Greece's modern literary renaissance, affirmed by Nobel Prizes and other international awards, is an ongoing miracle. And no one should blink over the same characters and stories being cited by some of the oldest and some of the newest poems in the book; those specifics are genuinely timeless. What is surprising is how many well-reputed translators have been drawn upon, including such otherwise eminent poets as Anne Carson, Olga Broumas, Fleur Adcock, Seamus Heaney, C. K. Williams, Paul Muldoon, William Matthews, Carl Phillips, Sherod Santos, and Brendan Kennelly among the quick and James Merrill, Ezra Pound, Kenneth Rexroth, and Rudyard Kipling among the honored dead. And what gratifies as it surprises is the sizable central section, entitled Byzantium, of poets between antiquity and modernity. Essential for all international literature collections.--Olson, Ray Copyright 2010 Booklist