Paul Verlaine : A Bilingual Selection of His Verse / translated by Samuel N. Rosenberg ; edited by Nicolas Valazza.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rosenberg, Samuel N., translator.

Valazza, Nicolas, editor.

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Verlaine, Paul, 1844-1896.

Verlaine, Paul.

Verlaine, Paul, 1844-1896--Translations into English.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (424 p.) : 5 illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

University Park, PA : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Crowned "Prince of Poets" in his later years, Paul Verlaine stands out among the iconoclastic founders of French modernist verse. This diglot anthology offers the most comprehensive selection of Verlaine's poetry available in English translation. Verlaine's famous works are presented here alongside poems never previously translated into English, including neglected political works and prison pieces only recently brought to light, which reveal social, homoerotic, and even pornographic inspirations. The poems are organized not by collections and date of publication but by themes and time of composition. This innovation, along with Valazza's extensive supporting materials, will help the curious student or scholar explore the master poet's work in the context of his troubled life: from the beginning of his literary career among the Parnassians to his affair with Rimbaud and the end of his marriage, his time in prison, and his bohemian lifestyle up to his death in 1896. Verlaine, the poet of ambiguity, has always been a challenge to translate. Rosenberg expertly crafts language that privileges the musicality of Verlaine's verse while respecting each poem's meaning and pace. Featuring 192 poems in French with English translations, this collection will appeal to scholars and poetry enthusiasts alike.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

Translator's Note

Chronology

Part 1: The Parnassian Years

Introduction

First Poems

From Poèmes saturniens [Saturnine Poems

From Les Amies [Girlfriends]

From Fêtes galantes [Gallant Festivities]

Poems Contemporaneous with Poèmes saturniens, Les Amies, and Fêtes galantes

From La Bonne Chanson [The Good Song]

Part 2: Under the Spell of Rimbaud

First Encounters

From Album zutique

From Romances sans paroles [Songs Without Words]

Poems Contemporaneous with Romances sans paroles

After the Shooting

Part 3: From Prison to Conversion

In Prison (Poems from Cellulairement [Cellularly] and Other Poems)

After the Conversion (Poems from Sagesse [Wisdom] and Other Poems)

From Amour [Love] and Other Poems

From Bonheur [Happiness]

From Liturgies intimes [Intimate Liturgies]

Part 4: The Last Years

From Dédicaces [Dedications]

From Chansons pour Elle [Songs for Her]

From Odes en son honneur [Odes in Her Honor] and Élégies

From Dans les limbes [In Limbo]

In England (1893)

From Épigrammes [Epigrams]

From Invectives [Invective]

From Chair [Flesh]

From Biblio-sonnets

Late Uncollected Poems

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index of Titles and First Lines

Index of Proper Nouns

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Jun 2021)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-271-08635-1

OCLC:

1309052111