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Love Sonnets and Elegies by Richard Sieburth, Karin Lessing, Louise Labé

shaunnow38's review against another edition

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emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

simlish's review against another edition

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4.0

Good selection of poetry and supplemental material. The translation was clear and beautiful - I don't know if the original feels as modern as the translation does, but I believe Sieburt was matching the intention. Even though I don't know French, I liked having the original facing and kept looking at it for syllables and rhymes and seeing how the English compared.

I had no idea about Louise Labé before picking this up and just grabbed it because it showed up on a keyword search for Sappho, but I really enjoyed it, and really enjoyed learning about Labé.

mathildereine's review against another edition

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medium-paced

2.75

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I think it was Hell that decreed this storm,
Devising my shipwreck from afar.
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