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Sappho (ca 630 BCE – ca 570 B.C.E.)

female writer of lyric poetry

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Criticism about Sappho

H.D. and “The Contest”: archaeology of a Sapphic gaze

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0403/is_2_44/ai_53260175

“The influence of the classical Greek poet Sappho on the works of Hilda Doolittle could be seen in the latter’s adoption of a gender-ambiguous pseudonym.”

Contains: Criticism

Author: Bret L. Keeling

From: Twentieth Century Literature Summer 1998

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The Tradition of Psappha: Human Being, Historical Figure, Songwriter

http://www.andreagrant.org/work/psappha.html

An essay on the life, works, and influence of Sappho. Includes a bibliography.

Contains: Extensive Bio, Commentary, Criticism, Bibliography

Author: Andrea Grant

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Biographical sites about Sappho

Sappho

http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?prmID=343

Provides a brief biographical sketch of the poet, and links to other web sites.

Contains: Sketch, Bibliography, Webliography

Author: Academy of American Poets

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Sappho, the first modern poet

http://travesti.geophys.mcgill.ca/~olivia/SAPPHO/

A short biographical piece from a book about the poet.

Contains: Sketch

Author: Edith Mora

From: Sappho–The Story of a Poet Flammarion, 1966

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Other sites about Sappho

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Last Updated Apr 29, 2013