French poet Paul Verlaine, a major representative of the Symbolist Movement during the latter half of the nineteenth century, was one of the most gifted and prolific poets of his time. Norman Shapiro's superb translations display Verlaine's ability to transform into timeless verse the essence of everyday life and make evident the reasons for his renown in France and throughout the Western world. "Shapiro's skillfully rhymed formal translations are outstanding." -"St. Louis Post-Dispatch" "Best Book of 1999" "Paul Verlaine's rich, stylized, widely-variable oeuvre can now be traced...
French poet Paul Verlaine, a major representative of the Symbolist Movement during the latter half of the nineteenth century, was one of the most gift...
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Poems Under Saturn is the first complete English translation of the collection that announced Paul Verlaine (1844-1896) as a poet of promise and originality, one who would come to be regarded as one of the greatest of nineteenth-century writers. This new translation, by respected contemporary poet Karl Kirchwey, faithfully renders the collection's heady mix of classical learning and earthy sensuality in poems whose rhythm and rhyme represent one of the supreme accomplishments of French verse. Restoring frequently anthologized poems to the context in which they originally...
Poems Under Saturn is the first complete English translation of the collection that announced Paul Verlaine (1844-1896) as a poet of pr...
Der Autor Paul Verlaine (1844-1896) zahlt zu den bedeutendsten Vertretern des franzosischen Symbolismus. Vor allem durch seine Gedichte erlangte er grosse Beruhmtheit. In seiner Lyrik verarbeitete er das gemeinsame Leben und Wirken mit Rimbaud, fur den er 1872 nach nur zwei Jahren Ehe seine Frau verliess. Die beiden verband jahrelang eine enge Freundschaft und leidenschaftliche Beziehung, die 1873 jah mit einem schlimmen Streit endete, in dem Verlaine Rimbaud mit einem Schuss an der Hand verletzte. Er musste dafur anderthalb Jahre ins Gefangnis. Danach versuchte er zunachst krampfhaft, ein...
Der Autor Paul Verlaine (1844-1896) zahlt zu den bedeutendsten Vertretern des franzosischen Symbolismus. Vor allem durch seine Gedichte erlangte er gr...
Originally published in 1942, this book contains the French text of Paul Verlaine's 1880 poetry collection 'Sagesse'. The poems deal frequently with the challenges of growing up, and are prefaced with an introduction on Verlaine's poetry and dramatic youth. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in French poetry and the works of Verlaine.
Originally published in 1942, this book contains the French text of Paul Verlaine's 1880 poetry collection 'Sagesse'. The poems deal frequently with t...
