French Poetry

From the troubadours of the Middle Ages to the titans of modern poetry, from Rabelais and Ronsard to Jacques Reda and Yves Bonnefoy, French Poetry offers English-speaking readers a one-volume introduction to a rich and varied tradition. Here are today's rising stars mingling with the great writers of past centuries: La Fontaine, Villon, du Bellay, Christine de Pisan, Marguerite de Navarre, Louise Labe, Hugo, Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Verlaine, Mallarme, Apollinaire, and many more. Here, too, are representatives of the modern francophone world, encompassing Lebanese, Tunisian, Senegalese and Belgian poets, including such notable writers as Leopold Senghor, Venus Khoury-Ghata and Hedi Kaddour. Finally, this anthology showcases a wide range of the English language's finest translators - including such renowned poet-translators as Ezra Pound, John Ashbery, Marianne Moore and Derek Mahon - in a dazzling tribute to the splendours of French poetry.

Product details

• Authors: Collectif, Patrick McGuinness
• Assisted by: Patrick McGuinness (Editor)
• Publisher: Everyman's Library UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.02.2017
• EAN: 9781841598055
• ISBN: 978-1-84159-805-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 112 mm x 165 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets; Everyman's Library Pocket Poets
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; French, France, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, c 1500 onwards to present day, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: general, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Literary studies: poetry and poets