A comprehensive bilingual collection of twentieth-century French
poetry Not since the publication of Paul Auster's The Random House
Book of 20th Century French Poetry (1984) has there been a
significant and widely read anthology of modern French poetry in
the English-speaking world. Here for the first time is a
comprehensive bilingual representation of French poetic achievement
in the twentieth century, from the turn-of-the-century poetry of
Guillaume Apollinaire to the high modernist art of Samuel Beckett
to the contemporary verse of scourge Michel Houellebecq. Many of
the English translations (on facing pages) are justly celebrated,
composed by eminent figures such as T.S. Eliot, Wallace Stevens,
and John Ashbery; many others are new and have been commissioned
for this book. Distinguished scholar and editor Mary Ann Caws has
chosen work by more than 100 poets. Her deliberately extensive,
international selection includes work by Francophone poets, by
writers better known for accomplishments in other genres
(novelists, songwriters, performance artists), and by many more
female poets than have typically been represented in past
anthologies of modern French poetry. The editor has opted for a
chronological organization that highlights six crucial "pressure
points" in modern French poetry. Accompanying the selections are a
general introduction, informative essays on each period, and short
biographical notes-all prepared by the editor.
General
| Imprint: |
Yale University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
September 2008 |
| First published: |
September 2008 |
| Editors: |
Mary Ann Caws
|
| Dimensions: |
235 x 156 x 44mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
704 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-300-14318-8 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-300-14318-4 |
| Barcode: |
9780300143188 |
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