After Villon

by Roger Farr

AFTER VILLON, the new book from Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize finalist Roger Farr, is a book of contemporary verse translations and queer variations based on the work of 15th century poete maudit Francois Villon.

Villon's poetry, written in medieval French and incorporating the argot of the Parisian criminal underworld, is notoriously bawdy, opaque, and resistant to straightforward translation. For this reason, Villon's work continues...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155420187X
• ISBN13: 9781554201877
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: New Star Books
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.3"