Description
Book SynopsisWhat is Sappho, except a name? Although the Greek archaic lyrics attributed to Sappho of Lesbos survive only in fragments, she has been invoked for many centuries as the original woman poet, singing at the origins of a Western lyric tradition. This book traces the emergence of this idealized feminine figure.
Trade ReviewWinner of the 2001 Sonya Rudikoff First Book Prize, Northeast Victorian Studies Association Honorable Mention for the 2000 First Book Prize of the Modern Language Association "Prins' immersion in the Victorian art and literature of Sappho is deep; the sophistication of her approach is formidable... By any measure this book is a debut of major ambition and considerable achievement."--London Review of Books
Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Declining a Name31Sappho's Broken Tongue232Sappho Doubled: Michael Field743Swinburne's Sapphic Sublime1124P.S. Sappho174Conclusion: Epitaph246Works Cited253Index of Sapphic Fragments and Testimonia269General Index271
