(P/B) THE PENGUIN BOOK OF FRENCH POETRY 1820-1950

Παρουσίαση

This collection illuminates the uniquely fascinating era in French poetry between 1820 and 1950 - 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 a period of exceptional vitality. This edition contains the original poems in French, with elegant prose translations below by William Rees. In his general introduction, he discusses the development of poetry through the era, while separate introductions to individual poets and literary movements outline their roles in the evolution of French verse. (from the publisher)

Περιεχόμενα

ROMANTICISM IN FRANCE
ALPHONSE DE LAMARTINE (1790-1869)
MARCELINE DESBORDES-VALMORE (1786-1859)
ALFRED DE VIGNY (1797-1863)
VICTOR HUGO (1802-85)
CHARLES-AUGUSTIN SAINTE-BEUVE (1804-69)
GERARD DE NERVAL (1808-55)
ALFRED DE MUSSET (1810-57)
THEOPHILE GAUTIER (1811-72)
THEODORE DE BANVILLE (1823-91)
CHARLES BAUDELAIRE (1821-67)
THE PARNASSIAN MOVEMENTT
LECONTE DE LISLE (1818-94)
JOSE-MARIA DE HEREDIA (1842-1905)
STEPHANE MALLARME (1842-98)
CHARLES CROS (1842-88)
PAUL VERLAINE (1844-96)
TRISTAN CORBIERE (1845-75)
COMTE NOUVEAU (1851-1920)
ARTHUR RIMBAUD (1854-91)
JULES LAFORGUE (1860-87)
THE SYMBOLIST MOVEMENT
EMILE VERHAEREN (1855-1916)
MAURICE MAETERLINCK (1862-1949)
JEAN MOREAS (1856-1910)
HENRI DE REGNIER (1864-1936)
SAINT-POL ROUX (1861-1940)
A RENEWAL OF LYRICISM
PAUL-JEAN TOULET (1867-1920)
FRANCIS JAMMES (1868-1938)
PAUL FORT (1872-1960)
ANNA, COMTESSE DE NOAILLES (1876-1933)
PAUL CLAUDEL (1868-1955)
CHARLES PEGUY (1873-1914)
OSCAR VLADISLAS DE LUBICZ MILOCZ (1877-1939)
PAUL VALERY (1871-1945)
VICTOR SEGALEN (1878-1919)
CUBISM, COSMOPOLITANISM AMD MODERNISM
LEON-PAUL FARGUE (1876-1947)
TRISTAN TZARA (1896-1963)
PHILIPPE SOUPAULT (1897- )
PAUL ELUARD (1895-1952)
ROBERT DESNOS (1900-1945)
JACQUES PREVERT (1900-1977)
HENRI MICHAUX (1899-1984)
FRANCIS PONGE (1899-1988)
" NEGRITUDE "
LEOPOLD SEDAR SENGHOR (1906- )
AIME CESAIRE (1913- )
ANDRE FRENAUD (1907- )
RENE CHAR (1907-1988)
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