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Sappho's Gift
Franco Ferrari
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Description for Sappho's Gift
This latest volume from accomplished literary critic Franco Ferrari offers extraordinary new insight into the life and works of Sappho, one of the most individualistic and evocative poets of antiquity. Translator(s): Acosta-Hughes, Benjamin; Prauscello, Lucia. Series: Cultural Legacies. Num Pages: 239 pages, Singing Alexandria: Music between Practice and Textual Transmission. 228p. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
This latest volume from accomplished literary critic Franco Ferrari offers extraordinary new insight into the life and works of Sappho, one of the most individualistic and evocative poets of antiquity.
Sapphos Gift: The Poet and Her Community presents the fragmentary papyrological evidence about the poems, and considers Sapphos iconography, the types of poems and their occasions, her audience, and milieu.
Important for those new to Sappho, this volume also offers fresh readings that will be of interest to scholars who are well familiar with the poems.
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Product Details
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Michigan Classical Press United States
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
Series
Cultural Legacies
Number of Pages
239
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780979971334
SKU
V9780979971334
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About Franco Ferrari
Benjamin Acosta-Hughes is Professor of Greek at The Ohio State University. Lucia Prauscello is Lecturer in Classics at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Trinity Hall.
Reviews for Sappho's Gift
'Ferrari certainly meets the goal set in his preface; the range of readings and suggestions found in this book is truly impressive... recommended reading for all students of Greek lyric poetry.' (Bryn Mawr Classical Review)