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.
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.
POEMES SATURNIENS-1866
Melancholia
Eaux-Fortes
Paysages Tristes
Caprices
FETES GALANTES-1869
LA BONNE CHANSON-1870
ROMANCES SANS PAROLES-1874
Ariettes Oubliees
Paysages Belges
Birds in the Night
Aquarelles
SAGESSE-1881
JADIS ET NAGUERE-1884
Jadis
A La Maniere De Plusieurs
Notes
Bibliography
Paul Verlaine, author of works including Romance sans paroles and Sagesse, was elected France's "Prince of Poets" by his peers in 1894.
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