Davenport, Guy (Mattison), (Jr.)

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DAVENPORT, Guy (Mattison), (Jr.)

DAVENPORT, Guy (Mattison), (Jr.). American, b. 1927. Genres: Novels, Literary criticism and history, Translations, Poetry, Novellas/Short stories. Career: University Of Kentucky, Lexington, professor of English, 1963-91, professor emeritus, 1991-. Publications: (trans.) Carmina Archolochi: The Fragments of Archilochos, 1964; (trans.) Sappho: Songs and Fragments, 1965; Flowers and Leaves (verse), 1966; Cydonia Florentia, 1966; Pennant Key-Indexed Guide to Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, 2 vols., 1967; Do You Have a Poem Book on E. E. Cummings?, 1969; Jonathan Williams, Poet, 1969; Tatlin! (stories), 1974; Da Vinci's Bicycle (stories), 1979; (trans.) Archilochos, Sappho, Alkman, 1980; (trans.) Herakleitos and Diogenes, 1980; (trans.) The Mimes of Herondas, 1981; The Geography of the Imagination (essays), 1981; Eclogues (stories), 1981; Trois Caprices (stories), 1981; Cities on Hills (literary criticism), 1983; Apples and Pears (stories), 1984; Thasos and Ohio: Poems and Translations, 1985; Every Force Evolves a Form (essays), 1986; The Jules Verne Steam Balloon (stories), 1987; The Drawing of Paul Cadmus, 1990; A Balthus Notebook, 1990; The Drummer of the Eleventh North Devonshire Fusiliers (stories) 1990; (trans.) Anakreon, 1991; A Table of Green Fields (stories), 1993; 7 Greeks, 1994; (with B. Urrutia) The Logia of Yeshua, 1996; The Cardiff Team (stories), 1996; The Hunter Gracchus and Other Papers on Art & Literature, 1996; Fifty Drawings, 1996; Objects on a Table, 1998. Address: 621 Sayre Ave., Lexington, KY 40508, U.S.A.

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