Sappho's Gift: The Poet and Her Community

by Franco Ferrari, Benjamin Acosta-Hughes, Lucia Prauscello

This latest volume from accomplished literary critic Franco Ferrari offers extraordinary new insight into the life and works of Sappho, one of the most individualistic and evocative poets of antiquity. Sapphos Gift: The Poet and Her Community presents the fragmentary papyrological evidence about the poems, and considers Sapphos iconography, the types of poems and their occasions, her audience, and milieu. Important for those new to Sappho, this volume...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0979971330
• ISBN13: 9780979971334
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Michigan Classical Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 9.1"