{"product_id":"the-pocket-sappho-paperback","title":"The Pocket Sappho - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWillis Barnstone\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vivid, contemporary translation of the greatest Greek love poet by the prize-winning poet and translator.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSappho's lyric love poems, composed in the seventh century B.C.E., transcend time and place and continue to enchant readers today. Though her extant work consists only of a collection of fragments and a handful of complete poems, the passionate elegance of her musings on life and death, loss and longing, desire, and nature speak volumes.\u003cbr\u003eWillis Barnstone's vivid, contemporary translation, along with his introduction and notes, sheds new light on the spirit and mystique of this ancient Greek poet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition is an abridgment of \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Poems of Sappho\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWillis Barnstone, PhD, \u003c\/b\u003eformer O'Connor Professor of Greek at Colgate University, is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature at Indiana University. A Guggenheim Fellow, poet, scholar, and memoirist, his many books include \u003ci\u003eThe Poetics of Translation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Other Bible\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Covenant\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWith Borges on an Ordinary Evening in Buenos Aires\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLife Watch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBorder of a Dream: The Poems of Antonio Machado\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Gnostic Bible\u003c\/i\u003e (with Marvin Meyer). He has received numerous awards for his work, among them the Emily Dickinson Award, the W. H. Auden Award, and a PEN\/Book-of-the-Month-Club Special Citation for translation. His most recent book is \u003ci\u003eThe Gnostic Bible\u003c\/i\u003e (with Marvin Meyer).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 6.6 x 4.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 23, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770702496032,"sku":"9781611806915","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2fa6aba8005211cde295a49d53a77168.webp?v=1780377287","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-pocket-sappho-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}