Sappho was perhaps the originator of the personal poetry genre. She
lived on Lesbos a hundred years before the rise of Athens to
pre-eminence. Long after her death, Plato praised her work as that
of the Tenth Muse. Later eras, especially the early Christian
church, saw her work as abominable because she dealt openly with
sex and with feelings, so that her work was almost totally
obliterated. A few new pieces emerged in 1950. Many poets have
undertaken to translate her work. Sasha Newborn's version is
personable, not academic. A Teacher's edition, the Supplement
Edition of Sappho (www.createspace.com/3683159), contains a wealth
of critical comment and background information on Sappho, her
poetry, and her times; this was also compiled by Sasha Newborn.
Sappho spoke in Aeolian Greek, and developed musical modes as well.
She ran a school for girls that involved performances, presumably
of her work as well as others, which would have combined dance,
music, and poetry. Unlike the other great Greek poets, she did not
write epics, only a few laudatory odes, and no drinking songs. Her
delicately nuanced lines convey much more than the words on the
page; one might call it an openness to life. Another book that
centers on love, from the male perspective, is Dante and His Circle
(www.createspace.com/4024060), poetry by the young Dante and more
than a dozen Italian poets reviving and refining the rediscovery of
love that the Troubadours had celebrated.
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