Selected Poems

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Paul Verlaine Martin Sorrell (Reader in French and Translation Studies, Reader in French and Translation Studies, University of Exeter)

Selected Poems

Paul Verlaine, Martin Sorrell (Reader in French and Translation Studies, Reader in French and Translation Studies, University of Exeter)

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Worlds Classics
12 February 2009

Poetry; Poetry by individual poets

Series: Oxford World's Classics

`Verlaine, possessed by the madnesses of love, brimming over with desires and prayers, the rebel railing against the complacent platitudes of society, of love, of language'.

Jean Rousselot

Verlaine ranks alongside Baudelaire, Mallarmé, and Rimbaud as one of the most outstanding poets of late nineteenth-century France whose work is associated with the early Symbolists, the Decadents, and the Parnassiens. Remarkable not only for his delicacy and exquisitely crafted verse, Verlaine is also the poet of strong emotions and appetites, with an unrivalled gift for the sheer music of poetry, and an inventive approach to its technique. This bilingual edition provides the most comprehensive selection of his poetry yet, offering some 170 poems in lively and fresh translations and providing a lucid introduction which illuminates Verlaine's poetic form within the context of French Impressionism and the poetry of sensation.

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ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

By: Paul Verlaine
Edited and translated by: Martin Sorrell (Reader in French and Translation Studies Reader in French and Translation Studies University of Exeter)
Imprint: Worlds Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 267g
ISBN: 9780199554010
ISBN 10: 0199554013
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 12 February 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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Reviews for Selected Poems

`In his sensitive and discerning introduction, Sorrell finds much of what ws to beomce the quintessentially Verlainaian hallmarks in the book: 'sensuality, a disposition to melancholy and to daydreaming, misty half-tones, and patterns of versification straining to break th stricter rules of French prosody.' Stephen Romer, Times Literary Supplement, Friday 19th May 00. `there has been no really substantial selection of Verlaine's work in English ... One of the pleasures this volume affords ia s prolonged chance to examin yet again, through the prism of translation, the different geniuses of the two langauges. Another is to rediscover, thanks to Sorrell's selection, a swath of Verlaine's later poetry, so often occluded in the classic anthologies.' Stephen Romer, Times Literary Supplement, Friday 19th May 00.