Selected poetry and prose of Évariste Parny : in English translation, with French text / edited by Françoise Lionnet ; translated by Peter Low and Blake Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parny, Évariste, 1753-1814, author.

Contributor:

Lionnet, Françoise, editor.

Low, Peter, 1946- translator.

Smith, Blake, 1988- translator.

Series:

Texts and translations. Texts and translations in one volume anthologies ; 31.

MLA texts & translations, text and translation ; [31]

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Parny, Évariste, 1753-1814--Translations into English.

Parny, Évariste.

Parny, Évariste, 1753-1814.

Reunionese poetry (French Creole).

Genre:

Poetry.

Personal correspondence.

Physical Description:

lxix, 262 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : The Modern Language Association of America, 2018.

Language Note:

Text in English and French.

Summary:

Praised by Voltaire and admired by Pushkin, Évariste Parny (1753-1814) was born on the island of Reunion, which is east of Madagascar, and educated in France. His life as a soldier and government administrator allowed him to travel to Brazil, Africa, and India. Though from the periphery of France's colonial empire, he ultimately became a member of the Académie Française. Despite his reaching that pinnacle of respectability, some of his poetry was banned after his death. This edition includes poems from the Poésies érotiques and Élégies, which established Parny's reputation; the Chansons madécasses ("Madagascar Songs"), which were influential in the development of the prose poem; five of his published letters, written in a mixture of prose and verse; the narrative poem Le voyage de Céline; and selections from his sardonic, anticlerical later poetry. A substantial introduction discusses Parny's poetry in connection with its literary context and the themes of gender, race, and postcoloniality.

Contents:

I. Poésies érotiques / Erotic Poems

II. Élégies (1784) / Elegies

III. Chansons madécasses (1787) / Songs of Madagascar

IV. Lettres / Letters

V. Le voyage de Céline (1806) / The Voyage of Celine

VI. Poèmes de circonstance et d'inspiration satirique / Occasional and Satirical Pieces.

Notes:

Series numbering from Cataloging-in-Publication data.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contains:

Parny, Évariste, 1753-1814. Works. Selections

Parny, Évariste, 1753-1814. Works. Selections. English.

ISBN:

1603293620

9781603293624

OCLC:

1037032466