Paul Verlaine

A Bilingual Selection of His Verse

AvPaul Verlaine,Nicolas Valazza

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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Crowned “Prince of Poets” in his later years, Paul Verlaine stands out among the iconoclastic founders of French modernist verse. This diglot anthology offers the most comprehensive selection of Verlaine’s poetry available in English translation.Verlaine’s famous works are presented here alongside poems never previously translated into English, including neglected political works and prison pieces only recently brought to light, which reveal social, homoerotic, and even pornographic inspirations. The poems are organized not by collections and date of publication but by themes and time of composition. This innovation, along with Valazza’s extensive supporting materials, will help the curious student or scholar explore the master poet’s work in the context of his troubled life: from the beginning of his literary career among the Parnassians to his affair with Rimbaud and the end of his marriage, his time in prison, and his bohemian lifestyle up to his death in 1896. Verlaine, the poet of ambiguity, has always been a challenge to translate. Rosenberg expertly crafts language that privileges the musicality of Verlaine’s verse while respecting each poem’s meaning and pace.Featuring 192 poems in French with English translations, this collection will appeal to scholars and poetry enthusiasts alike.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-11-15
Mått:140 x 216 x 35 mm
Vikt:612 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:424
Förlag:Pennsylvania State University Press
ISBN:9780271084930
Översättare:Rosenberg, Samuel N., Rosenberg, Samuel N. (Professor Emeritus of French, Indiana University)

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Samuel N. Rosenberg was a literary scholar and translator of French poetry of the Middle Ages and the nineteenth century. He was Professor Emeritus of French at Indiana University and edited and translated numerous works, including Robert the Devil and Robert de Reims: Songs and Motets, both published by Penn State University Press. Nicolas Valazza is Associate Professor of French at Indiana University. His research focuses on nineteenth-century literature.

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“The most comprehensive, and arguably the most definitive, bilingual collection to date of the work of French poet Paul Verlaine. . . . Rosenberg offers expansive translations without sacrificing the emotion or musicality of the original verse. The result is a masterful, spirited representation in English translation of Verlaine’s impact on modernist poetry. Essential.”—A. J. Guillaume Jr. Choice

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ContentsList of IllustrationsPreface / Nicolas ValazzaTranslator’s Note / Samuel N. RosenbergChronologyPart 1: The Parnassian YearsFirst PoemsFrom Poèmes saturniens [Saturnine Poems]From Les Amies [Girlfriends]From Fêtes galantes [Gallant Festivities]Poems Contemporaneous with Poèmes saturniens, Les Amies,and Fêtes galantes From La Bonne Chanson [The Good Song]Part 2: Under the Spell of RimbaudFirst EncountersFrom Album zutiqueFrom Romances sans paroles [Songs Without Words]Poems Contemporaneous with Romances sans parolesAfter the ShootingPart 3: From Prison to ConversionIn Prison (Poems from Cellulairement [Cellularly] andOther Poems)After the Conversion (Poems from Sagesse [Wisdom]and Other Poems)From Amour [Love] and Other PoemsFrom Bonheur [Happiness]From Liturgies intimes [Intimate Liturgies]Part 4: The Last YearsFrom Dédicaces [Dedications]From Chansons pour Elle [Songs for Her]From Odes en son honneur [Odes in Her Honor] and ÉlégiesFrom Dans les limbes [In Limbo]In England (1893)From Épigrammes [Epigrams]From Invectives [Invective]From Chair [Flesh]From Biblio-sonnetsLate Uncollected PoemsNotesSelected BibliographyIndex of Titles and First LinesIndex of Proper Nouns