[Yannis Ritsos]. The Fourth Dimension: Selected Poems of Yannis Ritsos. Translated by Rae Dalven. Boston, MA: David R. Godine, 1977. xxiv, 156 p.

ISBN 0879231815 hardcover; 0879231823 pbk

Includes: Preface (pp. ix-xxiv); Bibliographical Note (p. xxiv). Contains a selection:

From Notes in the Margin of Time [Σημειώσεις στα περιθώρια του χρόνου] (1938-1941): "In the Barracks", "The Vanquished Man" (p. 3); "The Victor" (p. 4); "The Hill" (p. 5).

From Parentheses [Παρενθέσεις] (1946-1947): "Rainy" (p. 9); "The Meaning of Simplicity", "We Wait" (p. 10).

The Blackened Pot [Το καπνισμένο τσουκάλι] (1949) (pp. 13-21).

From Exercises [Ασκήσεις] (1950-1960): "Mortal Victory", "Injustice" (p. 25); "Suspicious Sleep", "Absence" (p. 26); "Fulfillment", "Exchanges" (p. 27); "Inwards or Outwards?", "Beauty" (p. 28); "Night Train", "Putting Out a Cigarette" (p. 29); "Immobility of the Voyage (First Round)" (p. 30); "A Mobility (Second Round)" (p. 31); "Necessary Explanation", "Two" (p. 32); "The House Is Untenanted", "Yellow Evening" (p. 33); "Everyday Life", "Community" (p. 34); "Behavior of a Stranger", "One Life" (p. 35); "Worker of the Word", "Always Like This" (p. 36); "Ultimate Landing" (p. 37); "The Night of a Solitary", "Protection" (p. 38); "Insignificant Needs", "Escape" (p. 39); "Summer Night"; "Unknown" (p. 40); "Perception of a Gardener", "Freedom" (p. 41); "A Cathedral at Night", "Miracle" (p. 42); "Matins" (p. 43); "First Rain", "Empty Evening" (p. 44); "Greek Carters" (p. 45); "Capacious Landscape", "Thorns" (p. 46); "Conjectures", "Moment" (p. 47); "Treatment", "Delight" (p. 48); "Release", "Tenderness" (p. 49).

The Moonlight Sonata (1956) (pp. 53-60). The Window (1960) (pp. 63-72). Beneath the Shadow of the Mountain (1962) (pp. 75-95).

From Testimonies [Μαρτυρίες] A (1963): "Gradations of Sensation", "The Besieged and the Besiegers" (p. 99); "A Disturbance of Assurance", "The Heard and the Unheard" (p. 100); "Honest Confrontation", "Adaptation" (p. 101); "The Shellfish", "Breath" (p. 102); "Recollection", "Surpassing of Danger" (p. 103); "The Alibi", "Isolation" (p. 104); "The End of an Address" (p. 105); "The Sleepwalker and the Other One", "The Thief" (p. 106); "Association", "Oracle" (p. 107); "Below Oblivion", "Carnival" (p. 108); "The Chandelier", "The Swimmer" (p. 109); "A Tree", "The Same Freshness?" (p. 110); "Silent Agreement", "The Bucket" (p. 111); "Knocks", "Ancient Theater" (p. 112); "Up to Daybreak" (p. 113).

Ismene [Ισμήνη] (1972) (pp. 117-137).

Twelve Poems for Cavafy [12 ποιήματα για τον Καβάφη] (Third Edition Revised – 1974) (pp. 141-148).

From The Wall in the Mirror [Ο τοίχος μέσα στον καθρέφτη] (1974): "Whiteness", "Hastily", "Elucidation" (p. 151); "Night-time Muster", "Unfamiliar Instrument" (p. 152); "Our Land", "A Test" (p. 153); "Evening Procession", "Serenity" (p. 154); "Place of Silence", "Habit Changes" (p. 155); "Secret Independence", "Return" (p. 156).

The choice of title of this book is somewhat unfortunate: its contents do NOT consist of a translation of Ritsos's book Τέταρτη διάσταση (Ποιήματα 1956-1972), as is the case in the following item {4.3917}.