The New Sappho on Old Age

The New Sappho on Old Age
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
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ISBN-10 : 0674032950
ISBN-13 : 9780674032958
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Book Synopsis The New Sappho on Old Age by : Ellen Greene

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.


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