This anthology is the companion volume to The Appreciation of
Modern French Poetry, the aim of which was to give detailed
preliminary help with the problems of poetic appreciation. The
fourteen poets represented here provide a varied and exciting
introduction to what is probably the richest century of French
poetry, from 1850 to 1950. Hugo, the colossus of the nineteenth
century, whose work gives new resonance and vitality to imaginative
vision, opens the anthology, and Michaux, the most individual and
'modern' of twentieth-century poets in that he bridges the gap
between poetry and contemporary science, closes it. Almost all the
major poets of the period are included: Nerval, Baudelaire,
Mallarme, Verlaine, Rimbaud and Laforgue from the second half of
the nineteenth century; Valery, Apollinaire, Supervielle and Eluard
in the twentieth. The lesser known Cros and Desnos, fresh and
spontaneous poets with an immediate appeal, invite a new look at
the lyric traditions of french verse and offer an attractive new
avenue for study. The choice of poems, dictated above all by their
individual poetic value, reflects also the trends of recent
criticism and the tastes of present-day readers. The texts are all
accompanied by full notes, which not only explain local
difficulties of vocabulary, syntax and expression, but lead the
reader directly into the heart of the richness of theme, style and
interpretation. These will prove of value not only to the student
who is grappling with the basics of french verse, or is anxious to
give depth to his familiarity, but to the general reader seeking to
rekindle his enjoyment of French poetry. In addition, there are
introductions to each poet summarizing the essence of his art,
useful suggestions for further reading, and groups of dicussion
topics to stimulate comparative insights and a wider
responsiveness.
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