The New Sappho on Old Age
Author | : Ellen Greene |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009 |
ISBN-10 | : 0674032950 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780674032958 |
Rating | : 4/5 (958 Downloads) |
Download or read book The New Sappho on Old Age written by Ellen Greene and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first collection of essays in English devoted to discussion of a newly recovered Sappho poem and two other incomplete texts on the same papyri. The contributions demonstrate how the "New Sappho" can be appreciated as a complete, gracefully spare poetic statement regarding the painful inevitability of death and aging.