Sappho
The Mary Barnard Translation (Collector's Edition)
$38.46
- Hardcover
260 pages
- Release Date
22 September 2026
Summary
A lavish collector’s edition and authoritative translation of the great lyric poet Sappho-alongside the original Greek for the first time.
The one hundred poems and fragments in this volume are almost all that remains of the legendary poet Sappho. Yet in Mary Barnard’s unparalleled, immensely moving translation, the spirit of Sappho comes alive.
As Melissa Mueller describes in the new introduction to this classic translation, to encounter Sappho in the distinc…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780520400719 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0520400712 |
| Author: | Mary Barnard, Melissa Mueller, Sappho, Dudley Fitts |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
| Imprint: | University of California Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 260 |
| Release Date: | 22 September 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm |
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About The Author
Mary Barnard
Mary Barnard (1909–2001) was a prominent American poet and translator. She studied Greek at Reed College and began to translate at Ezra Pound’s suggestion in the 1930s. She received the Western States Book Award for her book-length poem, Time and the White Tigress.
Melissa Mueller is Professor of Classics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and author of Sappho and Homer: A Reparative Reading.
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