Description
Product ID: | 9781841598055 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | DE |
Series: | Everyman's Library POCKET POETS |
Title: | French Poetry |
Subtitle: | From Medieval to Modern Times |
Authors: | Author: Patrick McGuinness |
Page Count: | 256 |
Subjects: | Literary studies: general, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Literary studies: poetry & poets, France, French, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Modern period, c 1500 onwards |
Description: | From the troubadours of the Middle Ages to the titans of modern poetry, from Rabelais and Ronsard to Jacques Réda and Yves Bonnefoy, French Poetry offers English-speaking readers a one-volume introduction to a rich and varied tradition. From the troubadours of the Middle Ages to the titans of modern poetry, from Rabelais and Ronsard to Jacques Réda and Yves Bonnefoy, French Poetry offers English-speaking readers a one-volume introduction to a rich and varied tradition. Here are today’s rising stars mingling with the great writers of past centuries: La Fontaine, Villon, du Bellay, Christine de Pisan, Marguerite de Navarre, Louise Labé, Hugo, Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Verlaine, Mallarmé, Apollinaire, and many more. Here, too, are representatives of the modern francophone world, encompassing Lebanese, Tunisian, Senegalese and Belgian poets, including such notable writers as Léopold Senghor, Vénus Khoury-Ghata and Hédi Kaddour. |
Imprint Name: | Everyman's Library |
Publisher Name: | Everyman |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2017-02-02 |