Modern Poets of France: A Bilingual Anthology (French Edition) [Paperback]

Louis Simpson (Editor)

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Hill 146 by Guillaume Apollinaire
The Little Car by Guillaume Apollinaire
The Pont Mirabeau by Guillaume Apollinaire
Pretty Bizarre Darling Child by Guillaume Apollinaire
Prologue, The Breasts Of Tiresias: Fire At Will by Guillaume Apollinaire
Prologue, The Breasts Of Tiresias: The Director by Guillaume Apollinaire
Prologue, The Breasts Of Tiresias: The Time Has Come To Light The Star by Guillaume Apollinaire
Prologue, The Breasts Of Tiresias: They're Putting Out The Stars With by Guillaume Apollinaire
Prologue, The Breasts Of Tiresias: They've Even Murdered The Constella by Guillaume Apollinaire
Zone by Guillaume Apollinaire
Anywhere Out Of The World by Charles Baudelaire
Be Drunk by Charles Baudelaire
The Blind by Charles Baudelaire
Correspondences by Charles Baudelaire
Hymn To Reality by Charles Baudelaire
Nightfall by Charles Baudelaire
The Swan by Charles Baudelaire
Windows by Charles Baudelaire
Free Union by Andre Breton
Magnetic Fields. The Hermit Crab Says: Curtains by Andre Breton
Magnetic Fields. The Hermit Crab Says: Deliverance by Andre Breton
Magnetic Fields. The Hermit Crab Says: I Have Known Much by Andre Breton
Magnetic Fields. The Hermit Crab Says: Masks And Colored Heat by Andre Breton
Magnetic Fields. The Hermit Crab Says: On The Threshold Of Towers by Andre Breton
Homesickness by Marceline Desbordes-valmore
In The Street: The Woman by Marceline Desbordes-valmore
In The Street: The Women by Marceline Desbordes-valmore
Intermittent Dream Of A Sad Night by Marceline Desbordes-valmore
The Roses Of Saadi by Marceline Desbordes-valmore
Withered Laurel by Marceline Desbordes-valmore
Almonymous by Robert Desnos
Cold Throats by Robert Desnos
Dream, The Night Of May 27-28, 1923 by Robert Desnos
Fantomas, A Complaint: 1 by Robert Desnos
Fantomas, A Complaint: 10 by Robert Desnos
Fantomas, A Complaint: 11 by Robert Desnos
Fantomas, A Complaint: 12 by Robert Desnos
Fantomas, A Complaint: 13 by Robert Desnos
Fantomas, A Complaint: 14 by Robert Desnos
Fantomas, A Complaint: 15 by Robert Desnos
Fantomas, A Complaint: 16 by Robert Desnos
Fantomas, A Complaint: 17 by Robert Desnos
Fantomas, A Complaint: 18 by Robert Desnos
Fantomas, A Complaint: 19 by Robert Desnos
Fantomas, A Complaint: 2 by Robert Desnos
Fantomas, A Complaint: 20 by Robert Desnos
Fantomas, A Complaint: 21 by Robert Desnos
Fantomas, A Complaint: 22 by Robert Desnos
Fantomas, A Complaint: 23 by Robert Desnos
Fantomas, A Complaint: 24 by Robert Desnos
Fantomas, A Complaint: 25 by Robert Desnos
Fantomas, A Complaint: 3 by Robert Desnos
Fantomas, A Complaint: 4 by Robert Desnos
Fantomas, A Complaint: 5 by Robert Desnos
Fantomas, A Complaint: 6 by Robert Desnos
Fantomas, A Complaint: 7 by Robert Desnos
Fantomas, A Complaint: 8 by Robert Desnos
Fantomas, A Complaint: 9 by Robert Desnos
Fantomas, A Complaint: Finale by Robert Desnos
Halfway by Robert Desnos
Identity Of Images by Robert Desnos
The Spaces Of Sleep by Robert Desnos
Kiosks by Leon Paul Fargue
Long Drafts Of Iron And Stones by Leon Paul Fargue
Romance by Leon Paul Fargue
The Station Stood Against A Fort by Leon Paul Fargue
The Words, The Special Words by Leon Paul Fargue
Art by Theophile Gautier
Carmen by Theophile Gautier
Fresh Air by Eugene Grindel
The Lover by Eugene Grindel
The Mirror Of A Moment by Eugene Grindel
Perseus And Andromeda: Andromeda And The Monster by Jose-maria De Heredia
Perseus And Andromeda: Andromeda's Wedding by Jose-maria De Heredia
Perseus And Andromeda: Perseus And Andromeda by Jose-maria De Heredia
Expiation by Victor Marie Hugo
Words In The Shadow by Victor Marie Hugo
El Desdichado by Gerard Labrunie
Lines In Gold by Gerard Labrunie
Another Complaint by Jules Laforgue
Complaint Of The Pianos by Jules Laforgue
Legend by Jules Laforgue
Solo By Moonlight by Jules Laforgue
The Gift Of Himself by Valery Larbaud
Images: 1 by Valery Larbaud
Images: 2 by Valery Larbaud
Images: 3 by Valery Larbaud
Images: Postscript by Valery Larbaud
Indian Ocean by Valery Larbaud
Night In The Port by Valery Larbaud
Ode by Valery Larbaud
The Old Cahors Station by Valery Larbaud
Yaravi by Valery Larbaud
The Afternoon Of A Faun: The Faun by Stephane Mallarme
The Pipe by Stephane Mallarme
Sea Breeze by Stephane Mallarme
The Tomb Of Poe by Stephane Mallarme
Virginal, Vivid, Beautiful, Will This Be by Stephane Mallarme
At The End Of The World by Benjamin Peret
Hello by Benjamin Peret
Little Song Of The Mutilated by Benjamin Peret
Nova by Catherine Pozzi
Nyx by Catherine Pozzi
Vale by Catherine Pozzi
Facade by Pierre Reverdy
A Hard Life by Pierre Reverdy
The Latest Face To Arrive by Pierre Reverdy
The Portrait I Am Leaving by Pierre Reverdy
The Ridiculous Bodies Of Spirits by Pierre Reverdy
Crazy Cock by Georges Ribemont-dessaignes
Proverb No. 6 by Georges Ribemont-dessaignes
Trombone Off by Georges Ribemont-dessaignes
At The Green Cabaret by Arthur Rimbaud
The Drunken Boat by Arthur Rimbaud
Evil by Arthur Rimbaud
A Season In Hell: Delirious. Ii Alchemy Of Language by Arthur Rimbaud
A Season In Hell: Lives Iii by Arthur Rimbaud
A Season In Hell: Marine by Arthur Rimbaud
A Season In Hell: Progress by Arthur Rimbaud
A Season In Hell: Workers by Arthur Rimbaud
Vowels by Arthur Rimbaud
Palace Cinema by Philippe Soupault
Sporting Goods by Philippe Soupault
Approximate Man, Sel: Part 1 by Tristan Tzara
The Dada Review by Tristan Tzara
Dada Song by Tristan Tzara
Autumn Song by Paul Verlaine
I've Had No Luck With Women by Paul Verlaine
My Apology by Paul Verlaine
Tears Fall In My Heart by Paul Verlaine
The Young Fools by Paul Verlaine
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Language Notes

Text: English, French (translation)
Original Language: French

Product Details

• Paperback: 496 pages
• Publisher: Story Line Press; First Edition edition (October 1, 1997)
• Language: French
• ISBN-10: 1885266448
• ISBN-13: 978-1885266446
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
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This review is from: Modern Poets of France: A Bilingual Anthology (French Edition) (Paperback)

If you can read French without hesitation, you don't need this book. However, if you read French with a certain nagging anxiety over your full comprehension, this bi-lingual anthology of modern French poetry will be a godsend. Translator Louis Simpson, a poet himself, has rendered the French poems with directness and simplicity, not intruding any particular style yet achieving sufficient elegance to be readable as poetic prose.

The poets included as "modern" begin with Hugo and Nerval. Baudelaire, Verlaine, Apollinaire, Breton, Eluard, and other well-known poets are included, along with lesser known writers such as Pierre Reverdy, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, and Benjamin Peret.

An excellent tool for learning French as well as an introduction to the delights of French poetry!