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Modern French poets : selections with translations / edited by Wallace Fowlie.
LIBRA Rare PQ1170.E6 M572 1992 Mathews copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Dual-language book
- A dual-language book
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- French poetry--20th century--Translations into English.
- French poetry.
- French poetry--20th century.
- Genre:
- Translations.
- Translations into English.
- Advertisements.
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 273 pages, 13 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Dover Publications, Inc., 1992.
- Summary:
- Treasury of poems and prose extracts by Max Jacob, Saint-John Perse, Andre Breton, Paul Eluard, Jean Cocteau, five more. Excellent English translations on facing pages. General introduction, plus introduction and bibliography for each poet.
- Contents:
- Max Jacob
- Leon-Paul Fargue
- Jules Supervielle
- St.-John Perse
- Jean Cocteau
- Andre Breton
- Paul Eluard
- Robert Desnos
- Henri Michaux
- Pierre Emmanuel.
- Notes:
- Originally published: Mid-century French poets. New York : Grove Press, 1955.
- Publishers advertisements: pages [2] to [12] at end.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Harry Mathews Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Harry Mathews.
- ISBN:
- 0486273237
- 9780486273235
- OCLC:
- 25913938
- Online:
- Publisher description
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