French Love Poems

By NEW DIRECTIONS

Book Overview

Filled with devotion and lust, sensuality and eroticism, fevers and overtures, these poems showcase some of the most passionate verses in the French language. From the classic sixteenth-century love sonnets of Louise Lab and Maurice Sc ve to the piercing lyricism of the Romantics and the dreamlike compositions of the Surrealists, French Love Poems is the perfect, seductive gift for anyone who makes your heart flutter.

This collection includes poems by Guillaume Apollinaire, Charles Baudelaire, Claude Cahun, Ren Char, Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Paul luard, Louise Lab , St phane Mallarm , Anna de Noailles, Joyce Mansour, Arthur Rimbaud, Paul Verlaine, and many others; as well as translations by Mary Ann Caws, Robert Duncan, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Denise Levertov, Ezra Pound, Kenneth Rexroth, Frederick Seidel, Richard Sieburth, and William Carlos Williams.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811225593
• ISBN13: 9780811225595
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.2" x 5.9"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful gift for lovers of french language.

I bought it mainly for the french poetry and to give as a gift. Makes a perfect gift. Small size so that it’s easy to take along or even fit into a large greeting card envelope. Well designed lovely blue color. Mine was in excellent condition. Buying more.