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Poems of Yves Bonnefoy / edited & translated by Anthony Rudolf, John Naughton & Stephen Romer ; with other translations by Galway Kinnell [and five others].
Van Pelt Library PQ2603.O533 A2 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bonnefoy, Yves, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Poems. Selections. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Bonnefoy, Yves--Translations into English.
- Bonnefoy, Yves.
- Genre:
- Translations.
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- xlviii, 310 pages ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- Yves Bonnefoy : 1 : poems
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Carcanet Press Limited, 2017.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the French.
- Summary:
- The selection for this volume ... was made in close collaboration with the poet. The lengthy introduction by John Naughton is a significant assessment of Bonnefoy's importance in French literature. Bonnefoy started out as a young surrealist poet at the end of the Second World War and, for seven decades, he produced poetry and prose of great, and changing, depth and richness. In his lines we encounter 'the horizon of a voice where stars are falling, / Moon merging with the chaos of the dead'. Fellow poet Philippe Jaccottet spoke of his abiding gravité enflammée. Bonnefoy knew what translation demands, having himself translated Shakespeare, Donne, Yeats, and Keats; Petrarch and Leopardi from Italian; and, from Greek, George Seferis. This volume is edited and translated by three of Bonnefoy's long-time translators -Anthony Rudolf, John Naughton, and Stephen Romer - with contributions from Galway Kinnell, Richard Pevear, Beverley Bie Brahic, Emily Grosholz, Susanna Lang, and Hoyt Rogers. Publisher's website viewed 08 Dec, 2017.
- Contents:
- I 1953-1967
- From L'Improbable (1959) from Les Tombeaux de Ravenne / The Tombs of Ravenna (1953*) 3
- From Du Mouvement et de l'immobilité de Douve / On the Motion and Immobility of Douve (1953) Théatre / Theatre 8
- Aux arbres / To the Trees 20
- 'Ainsi marcherons-nous' / 'So we will walk among the ruins' 22
- Chapelle Brancacci / Brancacci Chapel 22
- Lieu du combat / Place of Battle 22
- Lieu de la salamandre / Place of the Salamander 24
- From Hier régnant désert / Yesterday's Wilderness Kingdom (1958) Le bel été / The Beautiful Summer 28
- 'Souvent, dans le silence d'un ravin' / 'Often in the silence of a ravine' 28
- Le pont de fer / Iron Bridge 30
- Les guetteurs / The Watchers 30
- La beauté / Beauty 32
- Limperfection est la cime / Imperfection Is the Summit 34
- Toute la nuit / All Night 34
- À la voix de Kathleen Ferrier / To the Voice of Kathleen Ferrier 34
- 'Aube, fille des larmes, rétablis' / 'Dawn, daughter of tears, restore' 36
- Delphes du second jour / Delphi, the Second Day 38
- Ici, toujours ici / Here, Forever Here 38
- From L'Improbable (1959) Devotions 40
- From Pierre écrite / Words in Stone (1965) La lampe, le dormeur / The Lamp; the Sleeper 42
- Une pierre / A Stone ('He desired') 44
- Une pierre / A Stone ('I was quite beautiful') 44
- Une pierre / A Stone ('For two or three years') 46
- Une pierre / A Stone ('Your leg; deepest night) 46
- Une pierre / A Stone ('Fall but softly rain upon this face') 48
- Une pierre / A Stone ('Childhood was long by the grim wall ...') 48
- La chambre / The Bedroom 48
- L'épaule / The Shoulder 50
- L'arbre, la lampe / The Tree, the Lamp 50
- Le myrte / Myrtle 52
- Le sang, la note si / Blood, the Note B 52
- L'abeille, la couleur / The Bee, the Colour 54
- Une pierre / A Stone ('A fire goes before us') 54
- La lumière, changée / The Light, Changed 56
- Une pierre / A Stone ('We used to cross these fields') 56
- Le livre, pour vieillir / The Book, for Growing Old 58
- II 1968-1977
- From L'Arrière-pays / The Arrière-pays (1972) 63
- From Dans le leurre du seuil / The Lure of the Threshold (1975) Le fleuve / The River 72
- Dans le leurre du seuil / The Lure of the Threshold 78
- Deux barques / Two Boats 98
- From L'épars, l'indivisible / The Scattered, the Indivisible 106
- From Récits en reve / Dream Tales (1987) Egypt (1977*) 116
- The Prague Discoveries (1977*) 120
- Rue Traversière (1977*) 129
- Second Rue Traversière (1977*) 130
- III 1978-1988
- From Récits en reve / Dream Tales (1987)
- The Origin of Utterance (1980*) 135
- The Decision to be a Painter (1982*) 135
- The Artist of the Last Day (1985*) 136
- On the Wings of Song (1985*) 139
- On Some Large Stone Circles (1985*) 142
- From Ce qui fut sans lumière / In the Shadow's Light (1985) Le souvenir / The Memory 146
- L'adieu / The Farewell 154
- Le miroir courbe / The Convex Mirror 158
- Passant auprès du feu / Passing by the Fire 160
- Le puits / The Well 162
- L'orée du bois / The Edge of the Woods 164
- Dedham, vu de Langham / Dedham, Seen from Langham 166
- L'agitation du reve / The Restlessness of the Dream 172
- IV 1989-200
- From Début et fin de la neige / Beginning and End of the Snow (1991) Hopkins Forest / Hopkins Forest 182
- La seule rose / The Only Rose 186
- From La Vie errante / The Wandering Life (1993) Beckett's Dinghy 192
- De vent et de fumée / Wind and Smoke 196
- V 2001-2010
- From Les Planches courbes / The Curved Planks (2001) The Curved Planks 209
- La maison natale / The House where I was Born 212
- From Goya: Les Peintures noires / Goya: The Black Paintings (2006) Section VI, Chapter 3 230
- From La Longue chaine de l'ancre / The Anchor's Long Chain (2008) / Ales Stenar Stenar, Ales 234
- Le tombeau de Giacomo Leopardi / Leopardi's Tomb 240
- Mahler, Le Chant de la terre / Mahler, The Song of the Earth 240
- Le tombeau de Stéphane Mallarmé / Tomb of Stéphane Mallarmé 242
- Sur trois tableaux de Poussin / On Three Paintings by Poussin 242
- Un souvenir d'enfance de Wordsworth / A Childhood Memory of Wordsworth's 244
- VI 2011-2016
- From L'Heure présente / The Present Hour (2011) First Draft for a Production of Hamlet 249
- Hamlet in the Mountains 251
- L'Heure présente / The Present Hour 254
- From Le Digamma / The Digamma (2012) God in Hamlet 276
- The Digamma 284
- The Digamma: A Final Note 287
- The Great Voice 288
- From Poèmes pour Truphémus / Poems for Truphémus (2013) Un café / A Café 292
- Les tableaux / The Paintings 294
- D'autres tableaux / Other Paintings 294.
- Notes:
- Includes indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9781784100759
- 1784100757
- OCLC:
- 1041877266
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