This translation of a poem by Sappho is based on a. 'Carson is in many ways ideal translator.Her command of language is hones to a perfect edge and her approach to the text, respectful yet imaginative, results in verse that lets Sappho shine forth. Translated and commented by Anne Carson in The Beat Goes On (The New York Review, October 20, 2005). From the critically acclaimed poet and classicist Anne Carson: a. racing under skin.' 'Sappho's verse has been elevated to new heights in gorgeous translation.' -The New York Times Get FREE shipping on If Not, Winter: Fragments Of Sappho by Anne Carson, from . One of the more recent translation of Sappho’s work is by Anne Carson who is an accomplish Canadian poet during the 20th to 21st century. Anne Carson ’s If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho is the most popular English translation of Sappho today and is used by the Structured Liberal Education program here at Stanford.

In this miraculous new translation, acclaimed poet and classicist Anne Carson presents all of Sappho's fragments, in Greek and in English, as if on the ragged scraps of papyrus that preserve them, inviting a thrill of discovery and conjecture that can be described only as electric-or, to use Sappho's words, as 'thin fire.

Of the nine books of lyrics the ancient Greek poet Sappho is said to have composed, only one poem has survived complete. By combining the ancient mysteries of Sappho with the contemporary wizardry of one of our most fearless and original poets, If Not, Winter provides a tantalizing window onto the genius of a woman whose lyric power spans millennia.

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