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Sappho and Phaon: In a Series of Legitimate Sonnets(1796) (Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints)
Sappho and Phaon In a Series of Legitimate Sonnets - 1796 - Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints
Author: Mary Robinson
Sappho here differs radically from the version that would emerge in the 19th century. In fact, this had really been the normative view of Sappho since the Renaissance. In this sonnet sequence, which does not appear to contain any actual lines from Sappho, Sappho is the tortured lover of a boatman, Phaon. She follows him to Sicily, and finally le...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780820114941
ISBN-10: 0820114944
Pages: 125
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