num_pages: 310
description: Cavafy, the foremost modern Greek poet, is a master at presenting a scene, an intense feeling, or an idea in direct, unornamented verse. Many of the poems are openly homosexual. Sixty-three newly translated poems have been added to the widely praised edition which includes the classic poem “Ithaca.” Introduction by W. H. Auden. Translated by Rae Dalven.
language: English
title: The Complete Poems
titlecomplete: The Complete Poems
genres: 20th Century, Greece, LGBT, Queer, Poetry, Literature, Classics, Egypt, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 4216
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Gay Poetry
publisher: Ecco