The Anchor Anthology of French Poetry: From Nerval to Valery in English TranslationFirst published in 1958, this collection introduced an indispensible corpus of western poetry to countless American college students, francophiles, and would-be poets -- among them Patti Smith, whose vocation was formed she says, by reading this book. The poetic and cultural tradition forged by the Symbolist poets -- Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Verlaine, Appollinaire, and others -- reverberated throughout the avant garde and counter-cultures of the twentieth century. Modernism, surrealism, abstract impressionism, and the Beat movement are unthinkable without the example of these poets and their theories of art, making this reissue possibly the hippest "dead white European male" anthology ever published. Including translations by Richmond Lattimore, W. S. Merwin, Dudley Fitts, and Richard Wilbur, this anthology has stood the test of time in terms of its selection and scholarly apparatus. Now back in print after twenty years in a fresh new edition, the book features an introduction by Patti Smith that testifies to its epochal impact on her own career, as well as those of other influential latter-day poets, including Lou Reed and Jim Carroll. This rediscovered gem is sure to inspire a new generation. |
Contents
GÉRARD DE NERVAL 18081855 | 4 |
Antéros | 11 |
Les Fleurs du Mal 1857 1861 1868 | 17 |
The Albatross KATE FLORES | 21 |
Music ROBERT FITZGERALD | 28 |
The Seven Old Men BARBARA GIBBS | 34 |
have not forgotten | 40 |
Recueillement | 55 |
The Tomb of Edgar Poe DAISY ALDAN | 156 |
Insert myself within your story | 163 |
VERNON WATKINS | 169 |
Le Sanglot de la Terre 18781883 | 197 |
LImitation de NotreDame la Lune 18831886 | 212 |
Paysages et Impressions 1903 | 220 |
Alcools 18981913 | 229 |
Always R G STERN | 265 |
GEORGES GUY | 73 |
Poèmes Saturniens 1867 | 85 |
La Bonne Chanson 1870 | 90 |
Poésies | 105 |
Poets Seven Years Old KENNETH KOCH | 107 |
Vowels LOUISE VARÈSE | 113 |
Eternity FRANCIS GOLFFING | 120 |
Departure FRANCIS GOLFFING | 133 |
STÉPHANE MALLARMÉ 18421898 | 141 |
Hérodiade KATE FLORES | 148 |
The Cemetery by the Sea BARBARA GIBBS | 272 |
Insinuation BARBARA HOWES | 279 |
Asides WILLIAM JAY SMITH | 285 |
10 | 333 |
Bibliography | 445 |
72 | 446 |
11 | 451 |
Acknowledgments | 455 |
Copyright | |
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The Anchor Anthology of French Poetry: From Nerval to Valery in English ... Angel Flores Limited preview - 2000 |
The Anchor Anthology of French Poetry: From Nerval to Valery in English ... Angel Flores No preview available - 2000 |