Sappho to Valéry: Poems in TranslationJohn Frederick Nims University of Arkansas Press, 1990 - 415 pages Revised and enlarged, the second edition of Sappho to Valéry includes both the originals and translations of ninety-eight poems from nine different languages. Nims offers new and lively interpretations of a number of poems that have been translated and others available in no other English translation. A former editor of Poetry, John Frederick Nims has published several volumes of his own poetry, poetry in translation, and essays on the form. |
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