This edition marks the first complete English translation of Louis Bertrand's work. It is based on the text of the 1925 edition edited by Bertrand Guegan after Bertrand's manuscript, which after being "lost", had resurfaced at that time. Gaspard de la Nuit marked the appearance of the modern prose poem and was a watershed of inspiration for the Parnassian, Symbolist, Surrealist, and Imagist poets. Contents: Introductory Poem; First Preface of Gaspard de la Nuit, The Flemish School; Haarlem, The Mason, Captain Lazare, The Student from Leyden, The Pointed Beard, The Tulip Merchant, The Five Fingers of the Hand, The Viola da Gamba, The Alchemist, Leaving for the Sabbath; OLD PARIS: Two Jews, Tramps of the Night, The Lantern, The Tower of Nesle, The Dandy, Evening Service, The Serenade, Missire Jean, Midnight Mass, The Bibliophile. THE NIGHT AND ITS MARVELS: The Gothic Chamber, Scarbo, The Madman, The Dwarf, Moonlight, Roundelay Under the Bell, A Dream, My Great Grandfather, Undine, The Salamander, The Hour of the Sabbath. CHRONICLES: Master Ogier, The Postern of the Louvre, The Flemish, The Hunt, The Reiters, The Grand Companies, The Lepers, To a Bibliophile. SPAIN AND ITALY; The Cell, Muleteers, The Marquis of Aroca, Henriquez, The Alarm, Father Pugnaccio, The Song of the Mask. SILVES: My Cottage, John of the Tilles, October, On the Rocks of Chevrmorte, Another Springtime, The Second Man. TO CHARLES NODIER. DETACHED PIECES: The Handsome Alcade; The Angel and the Fairy, Rain, Two Angels, Evening on the Water, Madame de Montbazon, The Magic Air of Jehan of Vitteaux, The Night After the Battle, The Citadel of Wolgast, The Dead Horse, The Gallows, Scarbo, To Monsieur David, Sculptor. APPENDICES; NOTES; WORKS CONSULTED.
