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Informationen zum Autor William Rees grew up in Swansea and was educated at the Bishop Gore Grammar School. After graduating from U. C. W. Aberystwyth he continued his studies in French literature and theatre at the University of Exeter and then at St. Catherine's College, Oxford. Since 1975 he has taught French and Theatre Studies at Eton College, where he is a House Master. Klappentext This collection illuminates the uniquely fascinating era between 1820 and 1950 in French poetry-a time in which diverse aesthetic ideas conflicted and converged as poetic forms evolved at an astonishing pace. It includes generous selections from all the established giants-among them Baudelaire, Verlaine, Rimbaud and Breton-as well as works from a wide variety of less well-known poets such as Claudel and Cendrars, whose innovations proved vital to the progress of poetry in France. The significant literary schools of the time are also represented in sections focusing on such movements as Romanticism, Symbolism, Cubism and Surrealism. Eloquent and inspirational, this rich and exhilarating anthology reveals an era of exceptional vitality. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Zusammenfassung This collection illuminates the uniquely fascinating era between 1820 and 1950 in French poetry—a time in which diverse aesthetic ideas conflicted and converged as poetic forms evolved at an astonishing pace. It includes generous selections from all the established giants—among them Baudelaire, Verlaine, Rimbaud and Breton—as well as works from a wide variety of less well-known poets such as Claudel and Cendrars, whose innovations proved vital to the progress of poetry in France. The significant literary schools of the time are also represented in sections focusing on such movements as Romanticism, Symbolism, Cubism and Surrealism. Eloquent and inspirational, this rich and exhilarating anthology reveals an era of exceptional vitality. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction Technicalities Sources and Acknowledgments Romanticism in France Alphonse de Lamartine (1790-1859) Le Lac Le Vallon Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786-1859) Souvenir Les Roses de Saadi La Couronne effeuillée Alfred de Vigny (1797-1863) La Colère de Samson Le Mont des Oliviers Victor Hugo (1802-85) Extase Puisque mai tout en fleur... Souvenir de la nuit du 4 Stella Mes deux filles Demain, dès l'aube... A Villequier Booz endormi Je suis fait d'ombre Fenêtres ouvertes Bêtise de la guerre Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804-69) Mon âme est ce lac même... Gerard de Nerval (1808-55) Fantaisie Vers dorés El Desdichado Myrtho Antéros Delfica Artémis Alfred de Musset (1810-57) Une Soirée Perdue A Julie La Nuit de mai Rappelle-toi Theophile Gautier (1811-72) Nous n'irons plus au bois... S...
