C. P. Cavafy

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Edmund Keeley is Charles Barnwell Straut Class of 1923 Professor of English, emeritus, and professor of creative writing, emeritus, 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. George Savidis (1929-1995) was professor of modern Greek at the University of Thessaloniki and George Seferis Visiting Professor at Harvard University.

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C. P. Cavafy (1863-1933) lived in relative obscurity in Alexandria, and a collected edition of his poems was not published until after his death. Now, however, he is regarded as the most important figure in twentieth-century Greek poetry, and his poems are considered among the most powerful in modern European literature. This revised bilingual edition of "Collected Poems" offers the reader the original Greek texts facing what are now recognized as the standard English translations of Cavafy's poetry. It is this translation that best captures the poet's mixture of formal and idiomatic language and that preserves the immediacy of his increasingly frank treatment of homosexual eroticism, his brilliant re-creation of history, and his astute political ironies. This new bilingual edition also features the notes of editor George Savidis and a new foreword by Robert Pinsky.

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Foreword to the Bilingual Edition xv Translators' Note to the 1992 Revised Edition xxiii "PUBLISHED POEMS" Before 1911 WALLS (1896) 3 AN OLD MAN (1897) 5 THE HORSES OF ACHILLES (1897) 7 PRAYER (1898) 9 THE FUNERAL OF SARPEDON (1898) 11 CANDLES (1899) 15 THE FIRST STEP (1899) 17 THE SOULS OF OLD MEN (1901) 19 CHE FECE ... IL GRAN RIFIUTO (1901) 21 INTERRUPTION (1901) 23 THE WINDOWS (1903) 25 THERMOPYLAE (1903) 27 UNFAITHFULNESS (1904) 29 WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS (1904) 31 VOICES (1904) 35 LONGINGS (1904) 37 TROJANS (1905) 39 KING DIMITRIOS (1906) 41 THE RETINUE OF DIONYSOS (1907) 43 MONOTONY (1908) 45 THE FOOTSTEPS (1909) 47 THAT'S THE MAN (1909) 49 THE CITY (1910) 51 THE SATRAPY (1910) 53 1911 THE IDES OF MARCH 55 THINGS ENDED 57 SCULPTOR OF TYANA 59 THE GOD ABANDONS ANTONY 61 IONIC 63 THE GLORY OF THE PTOLEMIES 65 ITHAKA 67 DANGEROUS THOUGHTS 71 1912 PHILHELLENE 73 HERODIS ATTIKOS 75 ALEXANDRIAN KINGS 77 COME BACK 79 IN CHURCH 81 1913 VERY SELDOM 83 AS MUCH AS YOU CAN 85 FOR THE SHOP 87 I WENT 89 1914 TOMB OF THE GRAMMARIAN LYSIAS 91 TOMB OF EVRION 93 CHANDELIER 95 LONG AGO 97 1915 BUT THE WISE PERCEIVE THINGS ABOUT TO HAPPEN 99 THEODOTOS 101 AT THE CAFE DOOR 103 HE SWEARS 105 ONE NIGHT 107 MORNING SEA 109 PICTURED 111 OROPHERNIS 113 THE BATTLE OF MAGNESIA 117 MANUEL KOMNINOS 119 THE DISPLEASURE OF SELEFKIDIS 121 1916 WHEN THEY COME ALIVE 123 IN THE STREET 125 BEFORE THE STATUE OF ENDYMION 127 1917 IN A TOWN OF OSROINI 129 PASSING THROUGH 131 FOR AMMONIS, WHO DIED AT 29, IN 610 133 ONE OF THEIR GODS 135 IN THE EVENING 137 TO SENSUAL PLEASURE 139 GRAY 141 TOMB OF IASIS 143 IN THE MONTH OF ATHYR 145 I'VE LOOKED SO MUCH... 147 TOMB OF IGNATIOS 149 DAYS OF 1903 151 THE WINDOW OF THE TOBACCO SHOP 153 1918 KAISARION 155 BODY, REMEMBER... 157 TOMB OF LANIS 159 UNDERSTANDING 161 NERO'S DEADLINE 163 ENVOYS FROM ALEXANDRIA 165 ARISTOVOULOS 167 IN THE HARBOR-TOWN 171 AIMILIANOS MONAI, ALEXANDRIAN, A.D. 628-655 173 SINCE NINE O'CLOCK 175 OUTSIDE THE HOUSE 177 THE NEXT TABLE 179 1919 THE AFTERNOON SUN 181 COMES TO REST 183 OF THE JEWS (A.D. 50) 185 IMENOS 187 ON BOARD SHIP 189 OF DIMITRIOS SOTIR (162-150 B.C.) 191 1920 IF ACTUALLY DEAD 195 YOUNG MEN OF SIDON (A.D. 400) 197 TO CALL UP THE SHADES 199 DAREIOS 201 ANNA KOMNINA 205 1921 A BYZANTINE NOBLEMAN IN EXILE COMPOSING VERSES 207 THEIR BEGINNING 209 THE FAVOR OF ALEXANDER VA...

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Autorentext
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. George Savidis (1929–1995) was professor of modern Greek at the University of Thessaloniki and George Seferis Visiting Professor at Harvard University.

Klappentext

C. P. Cavafy (1863-1933) lived in relative obscurity in Alexandria, and a collected edition of his poems was not published until after his death. Now, however, he is regarded as the most important figure in twentieth-century Greek poetry, and his poems are considered among the most powerful in modern European literature. This revised bilingual edition of Collected Poems offers the reader the original Greek texts facing what are now recognized as the standard English translations of Cavafy's poetry. It is this translation that best captures the poet's mixture of formal and idiomatic language and that preserves the immediacy of his increasingly frank treatment of homosexual eroticism, his brilliant re-creation of history, and his astute political ironies. This new bilingual edition also features the notes of editor George Savidis and a new foreword by Robert Pinsky.

Zusammenfassung
C P Cavafy (1863-1933) lived in relative obscurity in Alexandria. He is regarded as the most important figure in twentieth-century Greek poetry, and his poems are considered among the most powerful in modern European literature. This bilingual edition offers English translations of Cavafy's poetry.

Inhalt
Foreword to the Bilingual Edition xv Translators' Note to the 1992 Revised Edition xxiii "PUBLISHED POEMS" Before 1911 WALLS (1896) 3 AN OLD MAN (1897) 5 THE HORSES OF ACHILLES (1897) 7 PRAYER (1898) 9 THE FUNERAL OF SARPEDON (1898) 11 CANDLES (1899) 15 THE FIRST STEP (1899) 17 THE SOULS OF OLD MEN (1901) 19 CHE FECE ... IL GRAN RIFIUTO (1901) 21 INTERRUPTION (1901) 23 THE WINDOWS (1903) 25 THERMOPYLAE (1903) 27 UNFAITHFULNESS (1904) 29 WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS (1904) 31 VOICES (1904) 35 LONGINGS (1904) 37 TROJANS (1905) 39 KING DIMITRIOS (1906) 41 THE RETINUE OF DIONYSOS (1907) 43 MONOTONY (1908) 45 THE FOOTSTEPS (1909) 47 THAT'S THE MAN (1909) 49 THE CITY (1910) 51 THE SATRAPY (1910) 53 1911 THE IDES OF MARCH 55 THINGS ENDED 57 SCULPTOR OF TYANA 59 THE GOD ABANDONS ANTONY 61 IONIC 63 THE GLORY OF THE PTOLEMIES 65 ITHAKA 67 DANGEROUS THOUGHTS 71 1912 PHILHELLENE 73 HERODIS ATTIKOS 75 ALEXANDRIAN KINGS 77 COME BACK 79 IN CHURCH 81 1913 VERY SELDOM 83 AS MUCH AS YOU CAN 85 FOR THE SHOP 87 I WENT 89 1914 TOMB OF THE GRAMMARIAN LYSIAS 91 TOMB OF EVRION 93 CHANDELIER 95 LONG AGO 97 1915 BUT THE WISE PERCEIVE THINGS ABOUT TO HAPPEN 99 THEODOTOS 101 AT THE CAFE DOOR 103 HE SWEARS 105 ONE NIGHT 107 MORNING SEA 109 PICTURED 111 OROPHERNIS 113 THE BATTLE OF MAGNESIA 117 MANUEL KOMNINOS 119 THE DISPLEASURE OF SELEFKIDIS 121 1916 WHEN THEY COME ALIVE 123 IN THE STREET 125 BEFORE THE STATUE OF ENDYMION 127 1917 IN A TOWN OF OSROINI 129 PASSING THROUGH 131 FOR AMMONIS, WHO DIED AT 29, IN 610 133 ONE OF THEIR GODS 135 IN THE EVENING 137 TO SENSUAL PLEASURE 139 GRAY 141 TOMB OF IASIS 143 IN THE MONTH OF ATHYR 145 I'VE LOOKED SO MUCH... 147 TOMB OF IGNATIOS 149 DAYS OF 1903 151 THE WINDOW OF THE TOBACCO SHOP 153 1918 KAISARION 155 BODY, REMEMBER... 157 TOMB OF LANIS 159 UNDERSTANDING 161 NERO'S DEADLINE 163 ENVOYS FROM ALEXANDRIA 165 ARISTOVOULOS 167 IN THE HARBOR-TOWN 171 AIMILIANOS MONAI, ALEXANDRIAN, A.D. 628-655 173 SINCE NINE O'CLOCK 175 OUTSIDE THE HOUSE 177 THE NEXT TABLE 179 1919 THE AFTERNOON SUN 181 COMES TO REST 183 OF THE JEWS (A.D. 50) 185 IMENOS 187 ON BOARD SHIP 189 OF DIMITRIOS SOTIR (162-150 B.C.) 191 1920 IF ACTUALLY DEAD 195 YOUNG MEN OF SIDON (A.D. 400) …