A remarkable discovery, an extraordinary literary event: the never-before translated Unfinished Poems of the great Alexandrian Greek ...
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Dec 08, 2009
Patrick
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I have been reading Daniel Mendelsohn's translations of Cavafy: Collected Poems and Unfinished Poems. I have read Rae Dalven's translation of his collected poems, and while I enjoyed them, I continued to migrate my favorite modern Greek poet: Seferis. Mendelsohn's translations are revelatory. I have had several friends tell me that Cavafy's poems read in the original Greek are delicious and beautiful, but, alas, I don't understand Greek. Mendelsohn performs some magic here though.
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May 31, 2011
Night
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Not as indispensable as the Mendelssohn's translation of the collected poems, but if you are a Cavafy fanatic, this one's great. I just wish I didn't have to pay the full MSRP on the book, though. The notes are fantastic, but the book nevertheless is an accompaniment to the translation of collected poem. Still, I can't see my poetry collection without this slim volume =)
Oct 01, 2011
Cooper
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As much a work of scholarship as poetry, with the commentary constituting about two-thirds of the book. About thirty poems Cavafy never quite considered finished to his standards, though many appear polished and complete. Irony, Greek and Byzantine history, secret homosexuality: themes familiar in the Cavafy canon.
May 13, 2010
Maggie
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See my analysis of this book in the 2010 Magill's Literary Annual. This slim volume is a supplement of poems recovered from files kept by Cavafy. Either awaiting revision or as yet unsubmitted for publication the poems add depth to our previous knowledge of Cavafy's poetry.
Sep 09, 2009
Mark
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My first introduction to Cavafy, an Alexandrian Greek poet who died in 1936. This is the first English translation of 25 sensitive, sometimes personal, sometimes historically based poems he wrote just before his death in the 30's. I very much enjoyed them all.
Feb 12, 2010
Karin
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Amazing Prose Poetry...from Greek history to Cavafy's soul...a treasure.
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