A beautifully jacketed hardcover collection of verse by
French-speaking poets from cultures across the globe, spanning the ages
from medieval to modern. EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY POCKET POETS.
From the troubadours of the Middle Ages to the titans of modern poetry,
from Rabelais and Ronsard to Aimé Césaire and Yves Bonnefoy, French
Poetry offers English-speaking readers a one-volume introduction to a
rich and varied tradition. Here are today's rising stars mingling with
the great writers of past centuries: La Fontaine, François Villon,
Christine de Pizan, Marguerite de Navarre, Louise Labé, Baudelaire,
Rimbaud, Verlaine, Mallarmé, Apollinaire, and many more. Here, too, are
representatives of the modern francophone world, encompassing Lebanese,
Tunisian, Senegalese, and Belgian poets, including such notable writers
as Léopold Senghor, Vénus Khoury-Ghata, and Hédi Kaddour. Finally, this
anthology showcases a wide range of the English language's finest
translators--including such renowned poet-translators as Ezra Pound,
Marianne Moore, John Ashbery, and Derek Mahon--in a dazzling tribute to
the splendors of French poetry.