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The first complete, versified English-language translation of the
epistles of Renaissance poet Clement Marot. Clement Marot
(1496-1544), a royal poet in Renaissance France who ushered in new
verse forms and renewed existing ones, stands as one of the most
important literary voices of the first half of the sixteenth
century. Clement Marot's Epistles represents a first attempt to
offer a sustained English-language translation and critical edition
of what is widely considered his most personal, historically
relevant, and crowning verse form. Aiming for integrality and
poetic precision, the volume translates and sets to verse all
seventy-four of Marot's epistles, employing the same meter and
rhyme scheme used by the poet in the original compositions.
Likewise focused on capturing Marot's poetic voice, thus
maintaining idiomatic and literary integrity, the resulting
translation is an attempt to relate the playfulness and pathos of
Marot's verse, rendering it accessible to an anglophone public.
Beyond the more traditional verse epistles included in the primary
base text, Marot's authorized complete works from 1538, the volume
also offers translations of the introductory prose epistles penned
by Marot for his Adolescence clementine of 1532 and the 1538
edition (Lyon, Dolet), as well as the coq-a-l'ane and other
versified satirical epistles, the "artificial epistle" retelling of
a popular medieval romance, and more. A robust critical apparatus
includes ample footnotes, an extensive introduction, illustrations,
a bibliography, a chronological table, and a concordance with the
principal modern French-language editions of Marot's epistles. The
book should appeal to English-speaking historians and literary
scholars alike, as well as to poetry lovers, who will appreciate a
new acquaintance with this distinctive voice from poetry's past.
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typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
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artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification:
++++ Oeuvres De Clement Marot, Volume 3; Oeuvres De Clement Marot;
Clement Marot Clement Marot P. Gosse et J. Neaulme, 1731 Poetry;
American; General; Poetry / American / General; Poetry /
Continental European; Poetry / General
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