The Cambridge Introduction to French Poetry

Informationen zum Autor Mary Lewis Shaw is Associate Professor of French at Rutgers University. She is the author of Performance in the Texts of Mallarmé: The Passage from Art to Ritual (1993). Klappentext Mary Shaw covers all aspects of French poetry from the Middle Ages to the present day in this text. Chapters focus on verse! genres! poetry! politics and philosophy among other topics. Designed specifically for use in courses! the volume contains a useful glossary of poetic terms! and is invaluable to students as well as teachers. Zusammenfassung A comprehensive survey of French poetry. The poets discussed - all quoted in the original! followed by an English translation - belong to every period from the eleventh century to the present! and include Francophone authors from areas other than France. Inhaltsverzeichnis Illustrations; Prologue. French poetry?; 1. Verse and prose; 2. Forms and genres; 3. Words and figures; 4. Poetry and politics; 5. Poetry and philosophy; Epilogue. Poetry and the arts; Glossary.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Mary Lewis Shaw, Mary Shaw, Mary Lewis Shaw
• Editore: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 14.08.2003
• EAN: 9780521004855
• ISBN: 978-0-521-00485-5
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 225 mm x 15 mm
• Serie: Cambridge Introductions to Lit
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata