The Complete Poems of Cavafy: Expanded Edition

C.P. Cavafy

ISBN 10: 0156198207 / ISBN 13: 9780156198202

Published by Ecco, 1976

About this Item

The book is complete and readable, with all pages and cover intact. Dust jacket, shrink wrap, or boxed set case may be missing. Pages may have light notes, highlighting, or minor water exposure, but nothing that affects readability. May be an ex-library copy and could include library markings or stickers.

Seller Inventory # BSM.I7JY

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Complete Poems of Cavafy: Expanded Edition
• Publisher: Ecco
• Publication Date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0156198207
• ISBN 13: 9780156198202
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: acceptable

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

C. P. Cavafy (1863-1933) was born of Greek parents in Alexandria, Egypt, where he lived for most of his life and where he died. He is considered by many to be the greatest modern Greek poet.