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The division of Christendom into the Greek East and the Latin West has its origins far back in history but its consequences still affect Europe, and thus Western Civilization. Sherrard's study seeks to indicate both the fundamental character and some of the consequences of this division. He points especially to the underlying metaphysical bases of Greek Christian thought, and contrasts them with those of the Latin West.
The Philokalia is a collection of texts written between the fourth
and fifteenth centuries by spiritual master of the Orthodox
Christian tradition. First published in Greek in 1782, translated
into Salvonic and later into Russian, The Philokalia has exercised
an influence far greater than that of any book other than the Bible
in the recent history of the Orthodox Church.
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Complete Poems (Paperback, 2nd New edition)
George Seferis; Edited by Edmund Keeley; Translated by Edmund Keeley; Edited by Philip Sherrard; Translated by Philip Sherrard
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George Seferis's Complete Poems reissued as a Carcanet Classic.
George Seferis is the great Greek poet of the twentieth century, a
classic among classics. The formal and thematic versatility of his
work, its decisively modern inflections, call Eliot's poems to
mind: fastidious and expansive in equal measure. Like Eliot's
deep-rooted Modernism, Seferis's never loses touch with the stones
and inscriptions of the past. He writes for his and our time,
poetically and politically alert: culture can free us or,
misapplied, can trammel us. Aptly described as 'the unlocker of
ancient stones and sea voyages', Seferis was for Peter Levi `one of
the greatest writers in this century in any language. . . From
Seferis it was possible to learn. . . what seriousness about poetry
is.' And Archibald MacLeish wrote, 'if any contemporary poet can be
said to be essential, Seferis is that poet, and this' - referring
to an earlier edition of this book - 'is the true body of his
work'.
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The Philokalia Vol 2 (Paperback, Main)
G.E.H. Palmer; Edited by G.E.H. Palmer, Kallistos Timothy Ware, Philip Sherrard
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The Philokalia is a collection of texts written between the fourth and the fifteenth centuries by spiritual masters of the Orthodox Christian tradition. First published in Greek in 1782, then translated into Slavonic and later into Russian, The Philokalia has exercised an influence in the recent history of the Orthodox Church far greater than that of any book apart from the Bible. It is concerned with themes of universal importance: how man may develop his inner powers and awake from illusion; how he may overcome fragmentation and achieve spiritual wholeness; how he may attain the life of contemplative stillness and union with God.
Only a selection of texts from The Philokalia has been available hitherto in English. The present rendering, which is a completely new translation, is designed to appear in five volumes. The first of these was published by Faber and Faber in 1979. The second volume consists mainly of writings from the seventh century, in particular by St. Maximus the Confessor, the greater part of which has never before been translated into English. As in the first volume, the editors have provided introductory notes to each of the writers, a glossary of key terms, and a detailed index.
C.P. Cavafy (1863-1933) is now considered by many to be the most
original and influential Greek poet of this century. The qualities
of his poetry that were unfashionable during his lifetime are the
very ones that make his work endure: his sparing use of metaphor;
his evocation of spoken rhythms and colloquialisms; his use of
epigrammatic and dramatic modes; his aesthetic perfectionism; his
frank treatment of homosexual themes; his brilliantly alive sense
of history; and his commitment to Hellenism, coupled with an astute
cynicism about politics. The translations in Selected Poems are
completely new. Realizing that Cavafy's language is closer to the
spoken idiom than that of other leading Greek poets of his time,
and that earlier translations have failed to capture the immediate,
colloquial qualities of Cavafy's voice, Edmund Keeley and Philip
Sherrard have rendered his most significant and characteristic
poems in a style and rhythm as natural and apt in English as the
poet's is in Greek. Originally published in 1972. The Princeton
Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again
make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished
backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the
original texts of these important books while presenting them in
durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton
Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly
heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton
University Press since its founding in 1905.
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. Here is an extensively revised edition of the acclaimed
translations of Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard, which capture
Cavafy's mixture of formal and idiomatic use of language and
preserve the immediacy of his frank treatment of homosexual themes,
his brilliant re-creation of history, and his astute political
ironies. The resetting of the entire edition has permitted the
translators to review each poem and to make alterations where
appropriate. George Savidis has revised the notes according to his
latest edition of the Greek text. About the first edition: "The
best English version] we are likely to see for some time."--James
Merrill, "The New York Review of Books" " Keeley and Sherrard] have
managed the miracle of capturing this elusive, inimitable,
unforgettable voice. It is the most haunting voice I know in modern
poetry."--Walter Kaiser, "The New Republic"
This anthology is composed of recently revised translations
selected from the five volumes of work by major poets of modern
Greece offered by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard during the past
two decades. The poems chosen are those that translate most
successfully into English and that are also representative of the
best work of the original poets.
C. P. Cavafy and Angelos Sikelianos are major poets of the
first half of the twentieth century. George Seferis and Odysseus
Elytis, who followed them, both won the Nobel Prize in literature.
Nikos Gatsos is a very popular translator, lyricist, and
critic.
This new bilingual edition of George Seferis: Collected Poems
both supplements and revises the two earlier editions published in
1967 and 1969. It presents for the first time the complete Notes
for a 'Week, ' " Three Secret Poems, and three later poems that
were not collected by the poet himself but whose English
translation he authorized during his lifetime.
Originally published in 1982.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand
technology to again make available previously out-of-print books
from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press.
These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these
important books while presenting them in durable paperback
editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly
increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the
thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since
its founding in 1905.
C.P. Cavafy (1863-1933) is now considered by many to be the most
original and influential Greek poet of this century. The qualities
of his poetry that were unfashionable during his lifetime are the
very ones that make his work endure: his sparing use of metaphor;
his evocation of spoken rhythms and colloquialisms; his use of
epigrammatic and dramatic modes; his aesthetic perfectionism; his
frank treatment of homosexual themes; his brilliantly alive sense
of history; and his commitment to Hellenism, coupled with an astute
cynicism about politics. The translations in Selected Poems are
completely new. Realizing that Cavafy's language is closer to the
spoken idiom than that of other leading Greek poets of his time,
and that earlier translations have failed to capture the immediate,
colloquial qualities of Cavafy's voice, Edmund Keeley and Philip
Sherrard have rendered his most significant and characteristic
poems in a style and rhythm as natural and apt in English as the
poet's is in Greek. Originally published in 1972. The Princeton
Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again
make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished
backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the
original texts of these important books while presenting them in
durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton
Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly
heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton
University Press since its founding in 1905.
This new bilingual edition of George Seferis: Collected Poems both
supplements and revises the two earlier editions published in 1967
and 1969. It presents for the first time the complete Notes for a
'Week,' " Three Secret Poems, and three later poems that were not
collected by the poet himself but whose English translation he
authorized during his lifetime. Originally published in 1982. The
Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology
to again make available previously out-of-print books from the
distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These
editions preserve the original texts of these important books while
presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The
goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access
to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books
published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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.
In this new edition of George Seferis's poems, the acclaimed
translations by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard are revised and
presented in a compact, English-only volume. The revision covers
all the poems published in Princeton's earlier bilingual edition,
"George Seferis: Collected Poems" (expanded edition, 1981). Winner
of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1963, George Seferis (1900-71)
has long been recognized as a major international figure, and
Keeley and Sherrard are his ideal translators. They create, in the
words of Archibald MacLeish, a "translation worthy of Seferis,
which is to praise it as highly as it could be praised."
Although Seferis was preoccupied with his tradition as few other
poets of the same generation were with theirs, and although he was
actively engaged in the immediate political aspirations of his
nation, his value for readers lies in what he made of this
preoccupation and this engagement in fashioning a broad poetic
vision. He is also known for his stylistic purity, which allows no
embellishment beyond that necessary for precise yet rich poetic
statement.
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