The Jungle Poems of Leconte de Lisle

by Leconte de Lisle

David R. Slavitt, award-winning author of more than 100 books of poetry and prose, translates the work of Charles Marie Ren Leconte de Lisle, a French poet associated with the Parnassian movement. "To look at Leconte de Lisle now," writes Slavitt in the book's introduction, "is to discover a sensibility strikingly similar to that of Elizabeth Bishop (with Africa instead of Brazil as his mise en sc ne). In some ways, he reminds me, too, of Wallace...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 194156108X
• ISBN13: 9781941561089
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: New American Press
• Length: 98 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.3" x 8.0"