Mary Barnard brought Sappho into 20th century, infusing the lusty ancient Greek with 'cutting clarity' of Pacific Northwest
Mary Barnard brought Sappho into 20th century, infusing the lusty ancient Greek with ‘cutting clarity’ of Pacific Northwest Updated Mar 08, 2021; Facebook Share Mary Barnard Sappho. Sappho, of course, is the ancient Greek lyric poet whose charged words turned her name and homeland into adjectives for forbidden love. And it was Barnard, a Vancouver, Wash., native and Reed College graduate, who finally gave those words life in the English language, in the process remaking both the work and how it was popularly viewed. Her “Sappho: A New Translation,” published in 1958, was a “big dea...
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