Cavafy, the foremost modern Greek poet, is a master at presenting a scene, an intense feeling, or an idea in direct, unornamented verse. Many of the poems are openly homosexual. Sixty-three newly translated poems have been added to the widely praised edition which includes the classic poem "Ithaca." Introduction by W. H. Auden. Translated by Rae Dalven.


Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 10/04/1976
ISBN: 9780156198202
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.34w x 0.79d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 07/08/2012 pg. 24