Sappho

Broschiertes Buch

The Love Songs of Sappho

Beschreibung

Sappho's poems survive only in fragments following religious conspiracies to silence her. Sappho penned verse on the intense power of the female libido; on the themes of romance, love, yearning, heartbreak, and personal relationships with women. This work retains the standard numerical order of the fragments and has been arranged in six sections.

Autor

Sappho was an ancient Greek female poet who wrote lyrical poetry famous for its intense passion and description of love. Being born on the Isle of Lesbos she is also referred to as the first Lesbian poet. Little is known of her actual life, though she was born around 620BC, and died approximately 50 years later. Unfortunately, much of her poetry has been lost, although some poems have been painstakingly pieced together through surviving fragments.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Prometheus Books
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 292g
• ISBN-13: 9781573922517
• ISBN-10: 157392251X
• Artikelnr.: 21640058