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The Penguin Book of French Poetry 1820-1950: With Prose Translations Book

The period 1820-1950 is particularly rich for students and lovers of poetry. While this anthology contains, of course, generous selections from established giants - Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Mallarme and Michaux - it also draws attention to interesting 'minor' poets such as Claudel or Cendrars.Read More

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  • Foyles

    This collection illuminates the uniquely fascinating era between 1820 and 1950 in French poetry - a time in which diverse aesthetic ideas conflicted and converged as poetic forms evolved at an astonishing pace. It includes generous selections from all the established giants - among them Baudelaire, Verlaine, Rimbaud and Breton - as well as works from a wide variety of less well-known poets such as Claudel and Cendrars, whose innovations proved vital to the progress of poetry in France. The significant literary schools of the time are also represented in sections focusing on such movements as Romanticism, Symbolism, Cubism and Surrealism. Eloquent and inspirational, this rich and exhilarating anthology reveals an era of exceptional vitality.

  • Blackwell

    William Rees gives us an introduction to each poet, his or her life, affinities and aesthetics, and the significant literary movements. His fresh and beautiful prose translations will re-open many half-forgotten doors, and stimulate new enthusiasms.

  • Penguin

    The period 1820-1950, from Lamartine to Char, is a particularly rich field for students and lovers of poetry.

  • Pickabook

    William Rees (Editor), William Rees

  • 0140423850
  • 9780140423853
  • Penguin
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 896
  • illustrated edition
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