French Love Poems

New Directions, Tynan Kogane

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New Directions Press
29 July 2016

Poetry; Poetry anthologies

Filled with devotion and lust, sensuality and eroticism, fevers and overtures, these poems showcase some of the most passionate verses in the French language. From the classic sixteenth-century love sonnets of Louise Lab? and Maurice Sc?ve to the piercing lyricism of the Romantics and the dreamlike compositions of the Surrealists, French Love Poems is the perfect, seductive gift for anyone who makes your heart flutter.

This collection includes poems by Guillaume Apollinaire, Charles Baudelaire, Claude Cahun, Ren? Char, Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Paul ?luard, Louise Lab?, St?phane Mallarm?, Anna de Noailles, Joyce Mansour, Arthur Rimbaud, Paul Verlaine, and many others; as well as translations by Mary Ann Caws, Robert Duncan, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Denise Levertov, Ezra Pound, Kenneth Rexroth, Frederick Seidel, Richard Sieburth, and William Carlos Williams.

By: New Directions
Edited by: Tynan Kogane
Imprint: New Directions Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 152mm, Width: 104mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 89g
ISBN: 9780811225595
ISBN 10: 0811225593
Pages: 100
Publication Date: 29 July 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tynan Kogane is an editor at New Directions.

Reviews for French Love Poems

"""Bring glory to the love-drunk folks at home!"" -- Charles Baudelaire ""The only reality is Beauty and its only perfect expression is Poetry. All the rest is a lie."" -- Stephane Mallarme"