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The Best Manual Of the Greek Lyric,
By A Customer
This review is from: Sappho and the Greek Lyric Poets (Paperback)
As a student of Greek Lyric poetry, I have spent many an hour in the library pouring over varying translations of many greek lyric poets. This book is by far the most complete, true-to-original book around; it has nearly all earth's remaining greek lyric from the Lyric Age, and, fankly, Barnstone's poems outstrip others in naked beauty. Those who are looking for Sappho--Each translator has thier strong poems and their weak ones, Barnstone, however, is strongest overall. His version of "To Anaktoria" is my favorite of all Sappho in translation.
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Sweetness,
By Burl Horniachek (Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sappho and the Greek Lyric Poets (Paperback)
Barnstone, along with Guy Davenport, is one of the only two translators that have managed to get Sappho right in English. Davenport is better with the longer, more complete poems, but Barnstone is best with some of the shorter fragments. He captures the limpidity and delicateness of the poet best. Beautiful.
The rest of the book is an excellent anthology of poems by other lyric poets. Barnstone is one of the best of translators working out there and he does not disappoint. |
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Sappho and the Greek Lyric Poets by Willis Barnstone (Paperback - November 23, 1988)
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