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This work offers a comprehensive presentation of the extant fragments of the ancient Greek poet Sappho, translated from their original Greek into evocative, contemporary English. Carson's approach emphasizes the fragmentary nature of these ancient texts, meticulously documenting the gaps, markings, and lacunae that define our modern understanding of Sappho's legacy. By placing the original Greek side-by-side with her translations, Carson allows readers to engage directly with the visceral, emotional, and lyrical intensity of the original verse. The book includes an insightful introduction covering the historical context of the text, an exhaustive set of explanatory notes, a 'who's who' guide to figures in the poems, and an appendix containing exemplary testimonia. 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Published in the United States by Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc. , New York. Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc. , New York, in 2002.  \nVintage and colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc.  \nGrateful acknowledgment is made to Em. Querido’s Uitgeverij B.V. for permission toreprint excerpts from Sappho etAlcaeus by Eva-Maria Voigt. Reprinted by permission of Em. Querido’s Uitgeverij B.V. , Amsterdam.  \nThe Library of Congress has cataloged the Knopf edition as follows:  \nSappho.  \nIf not, winter : fragments of Sappho / translated by Anne Carson.—1st ed.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).  \nPoetry in English and Greek.  \nisbn 0-375-41067-8 (alk. paper)  \n1. Sappho—Translations into English. 2 . Lesbos Island (Greece)—Poetry.  \n3. Women—Greece—Poetry. I. Carson, Anne, 1950– II. 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