George Seferis
Collected Poems - Revised Edition
1st Edition
Published on 5. December 2016
320 pages
978-1-4008-8404-9 (ISBN)
Description
In this new edition of George Seferis's poems, the acclaimed translations by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard are revised and presented in a compact, English-only volume. The revision covers all the poems published in Princeton's earlier bilingual edition, George Seferis: Collected Poems (expanded edition, 1981). Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1963, George Seferis (1900-1971) has long been recognized as a major international figure, and Keeley and Sherrard are his ideal translators. They create, in the words of Archibald MacLeish, a "translation worthy of Seferis, which is to praise it as highly as it could be praised."
Although Seferis was preoccupied with his tradition as few other poets of the same generation were with theirs, and although he was actively engaged in the immediate political aspirations of his nation, his value for readers lies in what he made of this preoccupation and this engagement in fashioning a broad poetic vision. He is also known for his stylistic purity, which allows no embellishment beyond that necessary for precise yet rich poetic statement.
Although Seferis was preoccupied with his tradition as few other poets of the same generation were with theirs, and although he was actively engaged in the immediate political aspirations of his nation, his value for readers lies in what he made of this preoccupation and this engagement in fashioning a broad poetic vision. He is also known for his stylistic purity, which allows no embellishment beyond that necessary for precise yet rich poetic statement.
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Edmund Keeley (1928-2022) was the Charles Barnwell Straut Class of 1923 Professor of English, emeritus, and professor emeritus of creative writing at Princeton University. Philip Sherrard (1922-1995) was research fellow at St. Antony's College, Oxford, and lecturer in the history of the Orthodox Church at King's College London.
Content
Frontmatter, pg. i
CONTENTS, pg. v
FOREWORD, pg. xi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, pg. xx
Mythistorema, pg. 1
Gymnopaidia, pg. 29
POEMS GIVEN, pg. 37
MR STRATIS THALASSINOS, pg. 57
SKETCHES FOR A SUMMER, pg. 87
Logbook I, pg. 103
Logbook II, pg. 137
'Thrush', pg. 159
Logbook III, pg. 171
Three Secret Poems, pg. 197
From Book of Exercises II, pg. 215
Turning Point, pg. 227
The Cistern, pg. 253
OTHER RHYMED POEMS, pg. 261
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE, pg. 273
NOTES, pg. 277
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA, pg. 291
INDEX OF TITLES, pg. 293
Backmatter, pg. 297
CONTENTS, pg. v
FOREWORD, pg. xi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, pg. xx
Mythistorema, pg. 1
Gymnopaidia, pg. 29
POEMS GIVEN, pg. 37
MR STRATIS THALASSINOS, pg. 57
SKETCHES FOR A SUMMER, pg. 87
Logbook I, pg. 103
Logbook II, pg. 137
'Thrush', pg. 159
Logbook III, pg. 171
Three Secret Poems, pg. 197
From Book of Exercises II, pg. 215
Turning Point, pg. 227
The Cistern, pg. 253
OTHER RHYMED POEMS, pg. 261
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE, pg. 273
NOTES, pg. 277
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA, pg. 291
INDEX OF TITLES, pg. 293
Backmatter, pg. 297
