Saturday, September 22, 2007

If Not, Check the library

Check out Anne Carson's "If Not, Winter" and her essay "Eros the Bittersweet" for more on Sapho and an alternative translation that takes as much liscence as it gives up in comparison to the Barnstone. For instance, I dont think Sapho actually titled her works as Barnstone has it (No?). Carson also shows how much is missing. Heres an example of a fragment where brackets denote lost or illegible material:

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]thought
]barefoot
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(pg. 12)

Kinda fun as a poetic prompt, huh?

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