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Book The Collected Poems of Odysseus Elytis

Download or read book The Collected Poems of Odysseus Elytis written by Odysseus Elytis and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2004-12-22 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Originally published in 1997, The Collected Poems of Odysseus Elytis was the fist complete collection of Elytis's poems in any language." "For this expanded new edition, translators Jeffrey Carson and Nikos Sarris have added sixty free verse and prose poems from the posthumous 1998 volume From Close By; a set of song lyrics, The Rhos of Eros; and a cantata, The Sovereign Sun."--BOOK JACKET.

Book Odysseus Elytis

    Book Details:
  • Author : Odysseas Elytēs
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1981
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 136 pages

Download or read book Odysseus Elytis written by Odysseas Elytēs and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Eros  Eros  Eros

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  • Author : Odysseas Elytēs
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1998
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 202 pages

Download or read book Eros Eros Eros written by Odysseas Elytēs and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Olga Broumas has chosen poems from the full range of Odysseas Elytis's Nobel Prize-winning poetry, including his early work when he was associated with the Surrealists, to the entirety of his long poem The Little Mariner, as well as a previously unavailable selection of his last poems, written shortly before his death in 1996. Elytis himself offers the best description of his work: If a separate personal Paradise exists for each of us, mine must be irreparably planted with trees of words which the wind silvers like poplars, by people who see their confiscated justice given back, and by birds that even in the midst of the truth of death insist on singing in Greek and saying eros, eros, eros.

Book The Sovereign Sun

    Book Details:
  • Author : Odysseas Elytēs
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1990
  • ISBN : 9781852241209
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The Sovereign Sun written by Odysseas Elytēs and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Odysseus Elytis (1911-96) won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1979. With Seferis and the 'Generation of the Thirties', he introduced French Surrealism into Greek poetry. Kimon Friar's classic translation The Sovereign Sun begins with his brilliantly sensuous early poems. It has large selections from his master work, Axion Esti (1959), and includes the whole of his Heroic and Elegiac Song for the Lost Second Lieutenant of the Albanian Campaign (1945). His Nobel Prize citation stated: 'Against the background of Greek tradition, his poetry depicts with sensuous strength and clearsightedness modern man's struggle for freedom and creativeness.'

Book What I Love

    Book Details:
  • Author : Odysseas Elytēs
  • Publisher : Port Townsend, WA : Copper Canyon Press
  • Release : 1986
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 120 pages

Download or read book What I Love written by Odysseas Elytēs and published by Port Townsend, WA : Copper Canyon Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Maria Nephele

Download or read book Maria Nephele written by Odysseas Elytēs and published by Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company. This book was released on 1981 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nobel laureate's prizewinning poem tells of a young female radical of our age and comments on history, politics, and culture to create a portrait of the modern situation.

Book Voices of Modern Greece

    Book Details:
  • Author : Constantine Cavafy
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 1981
  • ISBN : 0691013829
  • Pages : 215 pages

Download or read book Voices of Modern Greece written by Constantine Cavafy and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology is composed of revised translations selected from five volumes of work by major poets of modern Greece offered by Keeley and Sherrard during the 1960s and '70s. Poems chosen are those that translate most successfully into English and that are also representative of the best work of the original poets--C.P. Cavafy, Angelos Sikelianos, George Seferis, Odysseus Elytis, and Nikos Gatsos.

Book Open Papers

Download or read book Open Papers written by Odysseas Elytēs and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Open Papers Selected Essays If, through the decades, Elytis did take political and artistic risks, this clear articulation shows that his art was not guided by luck or risk alone but by a real belief in modernism.--Publishers Weekly. "Open Papers is ... a sweeping exploration of the mind and the mystic imagination of one of the most original, visionary, and compelling poets of this century."--Translation Review.

Book The Vintage Book of Contemporary World Poetry

Download or read book The Vintage Book of Contemporary World Poetry written by J. D. McClatchy and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1996-06-25 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking volume may well be the poetry anthology for the global village. As selected by J.D. McClatchy, this collection includes masterpieces from four continents and more than two dozen languages in translations by such distinguished poets as Elizabeth Bishop, W.S. Merwin, Ted Hughes, and Seamus Heaney. Among the countries and writers represented are: Bangladesh--Taslima Nasrin Chile--Pablo Neruda China--Bei Dao, Shu Ting El Salvador--Claribel Alegria France--Yves Bonnefoy Greece--Odysseus Elytis, Yannis Ritsos India--A.K. Ramanujan Israel--Yehuda Amichai Japan--Shuntaro Tanikawa Mexico--Octavio Paz Nicaragua--Ernesto Cardenal Nigeria--Wole Soyinka Norway--Tomas Transtromer Palestine--Mahmoud Darwish Poland--Zbigniew Herbert, Czeslaw Milosz Russia--Joseph Brodsky, Yevgeny Yevtushenko Senegal--Leopold Sedar Senghor South Africa--Breyten Breytenbach St. Lucia, West Indies--Derek Walcott

Book Odysseus Elytis

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  • Author : Odysseas Elytēs
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2007
  • ISBN : 9780856463556
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Odysseus Elytis written by Odysseas Elytēs and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This representative selection from the work of one of modern Greece's most fascinating poets was made shortly after his award of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1979. It is drawn from all periods of his distinguished career and traces his development from early surrealism, in which he transforms French influence into a distinct personal voice and mythology, through the dramatic style of The Axion Esti with its blend of spirituality and earthiness, up to the later work in which he experiments with new modes for expressing his perennial themes. The poems are chosen, introduced and mainly translated by the leading translators of modern Greek poetry, Edmund Keeley and the late Philip Sherrard, whose collaborations also included translations of Seferis, Cavafy and Sikelianos. Other contributors to the book include George Savidis, Nanos Valaoritis and John Stathatos. Born in Crete in 1911, Odysseus Elytis began to publish his poetry in the 1930s. He took part in the campaign against the Italian fascists in Albania in 1940-41. He was one of the most prominent poets of the Greek resistance during the Nazi occupation. The Nobel Prize was awarded to him for his poetry which, against the background of Greek tradition, depicts with sensuous strength and intellectual clear-sightedness modern man's struggle for freedom and creativeness'. He died in Athens in 1996.

Book The Collected Poems

    Book Details:
  • Author : C. P. Cavafy
  • Publisher : OUP Oxford
  • Release : 2008-10-09
  • ISBN : 0191623296
  • Pages : 312 pages

Download or read book The Collected Poems written by C. P. Cavafy and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2008-10-09 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'a Greek gentleman in a straw hat, standing absolutely motionless at a slight angle to the universe' E. M. Forster E. M. Forster's description of C. P. Cavafy (1863-1933) perfectly encapsulates the unique perspective Cavafy brought to bear on history and geography, sexuality and language in his poems. Cavafy writes about people on the periphery, whose religious, ethnic and cultural identities are blurred, and he was one of the pioneers in expressing a specifically homosexual sensibility. His poems present brief and vivid evocations of historical scenes and sensual moments, often infused with his distinctive sense of irony. They have established him as one of the most important poets of the twentieth century. This volume presents the most authentic Greek text of the 154 authorized poems ever published, together with a new English translation that conveys the accent and rhythm of Cavafy's individual tone of voice. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Book Oxopetra Elegies

Download or read book Oxopetra Elegies written by Odysseas Elytes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-10-15 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1997. 'Geographically speaking 'Oxopetra' is a promontory on the island of Astypalaea. It is the 'other rock'. For me, it is the farthest point of the land in the sea, the farthest point of our era in another era, and the farthest point of my life in death... Odysseus Elytis.' Odysseus Elytis was born in Crete in 1911 and published the first of his poems in 1935. He was influenced by French Surrealism and travelled widely, and in post-war years lived in France with many other leading poets and artists of his generation. In 1979 he was awarded the Nobel Prize of Literature. The Oxopetra Elegies is a recent collection and is considered by many Greek critics to contain some of the finest and most important poems he has ever written. The Greek Poetry Archive features monographs on key modern Greek poets, from the nineteenth century to the present, and a bilingual collection of their poetry translated into English.

Book The Little Mariner

    Book Details:
  • Author : Odysseas Elytēs
  • Publisher : Port Townsend : Copper Canyon Press
  • Release : 1988
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 144 pages

Download or read book The Little Mariner written by Odysseas Elytēs and published by Port Townsend : Copper Canyon Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Selected Poems

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  • Author : Odysseas Elytēs
  • Publisher : Dufour Editions
  • Release : 1981
  • ISBN : 9780856462290
  • Pages : 113 pages

Download or read book Selected Poems written by Odysseas Elytēs and published by Dufour Editions. This book was released on 1981 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Odysseus Elytis is a pure and dedicated poet, whose work is abundant, original, and thrilling", wrote Peter Levi when Elytis (1911-96) was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1979. This is a representative selection of his poems, drawn from all periods of his distinguished career, tracing his development from early surrealism, through the dramatic style of The Axion Esti with its blend of spirituality and earthiness, up to his later work.

Book The Collected Poems

    Book Details:
  • Author : C.P. Cavafy
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2008-10-09
  • ISBN : 0199555958
  • Pages : 287 pages

Download or read book The Collected Poems written by C.P. Cavafy and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-09 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Greek gentleman in a straw hat, standing absolutely motionless at a slight angle to the universe." E. M. Forster's famous description of C. P. Cavafy--the most widely known and best loved modern Greek poet--perfectly captures the unique perspective Cavafy brought to bear on history and geography, sexuality and language. Cavafy wrote about people on the periphery, whose religious, ethnic and cultural identities are blurred, and he was one of the pioneers in expressing a specifically homosexual sensibility. His poems present brief and vivid evocations of historical scenes and sensual moments, often infused with his distinctive sense of irony. They have established him as one of the most important poets of the twentieth century. The only bilingual edition of Cavafy's collected poems currently available, this volume presents the most authentic Greek text of every poem he ever published, together with a new English translation that beautifully conveys the accent and rhythm of Cavafy's individual tone of voice. In addition, the volume includes an extensive introduction by Peter Mackridge, explanatory notes that gloss Greek historical names and events alluded to in the poems, a chronological list of the poems, and indexes of Greek and English titles. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Book The Axion Esti

Download or read book The Axion Esti written by Odysseas Elytēs and published by . This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Odysseus Elytis was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, the Swedish Academy's citation singled out The Axion Esti, first published in 1959, as 'one of twentieth-century literature's concentrated and richly faceted poems.'

Book The White Fire of Time

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  • Author : Ellen Hinsey
  • Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
  • Release : 2002-08-08
  • ISBN : 9780819565570
  • Pages : 108 pages

Download or read book The White Fire of Time written by Ellen Hinsey and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2002-08-08 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning new work by a profound poetic talent.