Works by Villon, Ronsard, Voltaire, Mallarmé, Verlaine, Rimbaud, Apollinaire, many more. Full French texts with literal English translations on facing pages. Biographical, critical information on each poet.
An unusually useful survey of the development of French poetry, this book anthologizes works by France's finest and most influential poets - 30 in all - from the mid-fifteenth century to our own time. Included are such luminaries as Charles d'Orleans, Francois Villon, Joachim du Bellay, Ronsard, La Fontaine, Voltaire, Chenier, Hugo, Musset, Gautier, Vigny, Baudelaire, Mallarme, Verlaine, Rimbaud, Claudel, Valery, Apollinaire, Perse, and Bonnefoy. In addition the work of poets less familiar to the English-speaking world, yet instrumental in the formulation of the French tradition - Sceve, Saint Armant, Malherbe - is here as well.
The French texts come from the best critical editions, or in the case of the moderns, those authorized by the poets themselves. Teachers of French will appreciate the clear prose translations on facing pages; the translator does not attempt to be a poet himself, rather to lead the reader to a full appreciation of the poem as it was written. An introductory essay gives as understandable a short summary of the formal aspects of versification as can be found anywhere - the early orthodoxy of rhyme and meter, the gradual introduction of enjambment and metrical variation, through the word games and innovations of Apollinaire and his circle. A biographical and critical essay on each poet and his work not only depicts the poet as an individual but also gives a fine sense of the progressing and changing tradition of French poetry itself. An illustration, usually a portrait of the poet, accompanies each selection.
The clarity and comprehensiveness of this attractive anthology (as well as its low cost) make it an ideal volume for an introductory survey of French poetry. For the student just beginning the study of French, this book is good supplementary material; the format of this book makes it easy to experience French poetry and learn vocabulary and grammar at the same time.
By:
Stanley Appelbaum
Imprint: Dover
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Height: 215mm,
Width: 138mm,
Spine: 11mm
Weight: 255g
ISBN: 9780486267111
ISBN 10: 0486267113
Series: Dover Dual Language French
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 01 June 1991
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified
"INTRODUCTION CHARLES D'ORLEANS ""Le temps a laissie son manteau"" FRANCOIS VILLON L' Epitaphe CLEMENT MAROT De la jeune Dame qui a vieil mary MAURICE SCEVE ""Delie XXIV: ""Quand l'/il aux champs est d'esclairs esblouy"" LOUISE LABE ""Sonnet XXIV: ""Ne reprenez, Dames, si j'ay ayme"" JOACHIM DU BELLAY A Venus PIERRE DE RONSARD ""Je vous envoye un bouquet, que ma main"" ""Fay refraischir mon vin de sorte"" FRANCOIS DE MALHERBE Imitation du Pseaume Lauda anima mea Dominum MARC-ANTOINE GERARD DE SAINT-AMANT Le Paresseux JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Le Savetier et le Financier ""FRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET, DIT VOLTAIRE"" ""Les ""Vous"" et les ""Tu"" ANDRE CHENIER ""Quand au mouton belant la sombre boucherie"" ALPHONSE DE LAMARTINE La Cloche du village (excerpt) ALFRED DE VIGNY La Maison du berger (excerpt) VICTOR HUGO Nuits de juin ""Demain, des l'aube ou blanchit la campagne"" GERARD DE NERVAL Delfica ALFRED DE MUSSET Sur une Morte THEOPHILE GAUTIER Carmen CHARLES BAUDELAIRE La Vie anterieure ""Spleen: ""Je suis comme le roi d'un pays pluvieux"" STEPHANE MALLARME Apparition PAUL VERLAINE Ren Sourdine ""L'echelonnement des haies"" ARTHUR RIMBAUD Ma Boheme Depart PAUL CLAUDEL Preface PAUL VALERY L'Abeille Le Vin perdu GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE Les Colchiques JULES SUPERVIELLE Reveil ""Dans la foret sans heures"" SAINT-JOHN PERSE ""Chronique 8: ""... Grand age, nous voici - et non pas d'hommes ..."" PAUL ELUARD Au premier mot limpide Le Phenix ARAGON Les Lilas et les roses YVES BONNEFOY ""Ici, toujours ici"" ""Aube, fille des larmes, retablis"" PICTURE SOURCES AND CREDITS"
