Selected Poems of Paul Verlaine, Bilingual Edition

The influential French poet, Symbolist leader, and Decadent Paul Verlaine (1844-1896) was recognized as a groundbreaking writer even in his own lifetime--his stylistic innovations brought a new musicality to French poetry and paved the way for free verse and other twentieth-century techniques and experiments. This selection of poems, with the French text en face, provides a comprehensive selection of Verlaine's verse together with a lucid introduction illuminating his life and works.

Author: Paul Verlaine
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 05/01/2007
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.5lbs
Size: 7.20h x 4.30w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780520251786