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C. P. Cavafy: The Unfinished Poems
C.P. Cavafy

Knopf, 2009

An extraordinary literary event. The collected works?including the previously unpublished final poems?of the greatest modern Greek poet, translated by the renowned critic, classicist, and award-winning author of The Lost, and published simultaneously in two handsome volumes . No modern poet brought so vividly to life the history and culture of Mediterranean antiquity; no writer dared break with such exquisite lyricism the ...

The Complete Poems of Cavafy: Expanded Edition

12 reviews
C.P. Cavafy

Harvest Books, 1976

To the Most Audacious Amorous Desires
Among the poets of the twentieth century, there is maybe one who can confidently say, "I am better than Cavafy." Yet, on a top five list of the twentieth century's greatest poets, Cavafy is far less likely to appear than, say, Dylan Thomas, Allen Ginsberg, Elizabeth Bishop, Philip Larkin, or W. H. Auden, yet Cavafy's work can stand against any of these. Poets tend to squabble with tired ...

The Collected Poems: with parallel Greek text (Oxford World's Classics)

1 review
C.P. Cavafy, Anthony Hirst, ...

Oxford University Press, USA, 2007

Scholarly, enjoyable, authentic translations of Cavafy's work.
The translation is authentic and scholarly, maintaining the ironic and laconic aspects of the original Greek. For those with any knowledge of modern or ancient Greek, having the original Greek text on the facing page allows for the reader to enjoy Cavafy's brilliant use of the Greek language. For non-Greek readers, there is another volume by Edmund Keeley of Princeton University which is also ...

C. P. Cavafy: Collected Poems

6 reviews
C. P. Cavafy

Princeton University Press, 1992

Cavafy in Greek...
I own a copy of the original collection of Cavafy's poems (in Greek) and I find that this translation has measured up to the task of translating the forceful and sensual poetry as closely as possible. And for anyone who cannot read Greek, this book will bring you as close as possible to the intense emotional response of reading the original. A must have for any poetry lover.

The Collected Poems of C. P. Cavafy: A New Translation

1 review
C. P. Cavafy

W. W. Norton, 2007

"wish that the way be long"
The second line from Constantine Cavafy's "Ithaka," as translated by Aliki Barnstone, perfectly expresses the feeling one has when reading her fine new translation of Cavafy's collected poems; one wants the journey to last, to be slow, thoughtful, recursive, if possible, neverending. In Cavafy's poetic imagination, the history of thousands of years emerges in perfectly realized vignettes, with ...