Selected lyrics / Théophile Gautier ; translated by Norman R. Shapiro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gautier, Théophile, 1811-1872.

Contributor:

Shapiro, Norman R.

Series:

Margellos world republic of letters book.

Margellos world republic of letters book

Standardized Title:

Selections. English. 2011

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gautier, Théophile, 1811-1872--Translations into English.

Gautier, Théophile.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (549 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In his ABC of Reading, Ezra Pound begins his short list of nineteenth-century French poets to be studied with Théophile Gautier. Widely esteemed by figures as diverse as Charles Baudelaire, the Goncourt brothers, Gustave Flaubert, Oscar Wilde, Henry James, and T. S. Eliot, Gautier was one of the nineteenth century's most prominent French writers, famous for his virtuosity, his inventive textures, and his motto "Art for art's sake." His work is often considered a crucial hinge between High Romanticism-idealistic, sentimental, grandiloquent-and the beginnings of "Parnasse," with its emotional detachment, plasticity, and irresistible surfaces. His large body of verse, however, is little known outside France. This generous sampling, anchored by the complete Émaux et Camées, perhaps Gautier's supreme poetic achievement, and including poems from the vigorously exotic España and several early collections, not only succeeds in bringing these poems into English but also rediscovers them, renewing them in the process of translation. Norman Shapiro's translations have been widely praised for their formal integrity, sonic acuity, tonal sensitivities, and overall poetic qualities, and he employs all these gifts in this collection. Mining one of the crucial treasures of the French tradition, Shapiro makes a major contribution to world letters.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Translator's Preface

Introduction

Emaux Et Camées, 1852-1872

From España, 1845

From ''Pièces Diverses'' In Poésies Nouvelles

From ''Poésies Diverses,'' Published With La Comédie De La Mort, 1833-1838

From Premières Poésies, 1830-1845

Note

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786613057853

9781283057851

1283057859

9780300165470

0300165471

OCLC:

923595770