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Selected Poems of Mallarme, Bilingual edition
Stephane Mallarme
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Paperback. The leading poet of French symbolism, Stephane Mallarme has exercised an enormous influence both on French and on English and American avant-garde writing. In this volume C.F. MacIntyre has translated 43 of his poems including the "Ouverture" and "Scene" from Herodiade. Num Pages: 183 pages, 1 black / white illustration. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 108 x 12. Weight in Grams: 174.
The leading poet of French symbolism, Stephane Mallarme has exercised an enormous influence both on French and on English and American avant-garde writers. In this volume C. F. MacIntyre has translated forty-three of his poems, including the "Ouverture" and "Scene" from Herodiade, which was to have been a drama in verse, and the well-known L'Apres-midi d'un faune, for which Debussy composed his orchestral prelude. The French text faces the English translations, which are both true to the original and poetic. Indeed, as MacIntyre suggests, Debussy is probably "one of the best guides into the mysterious realm of Mallarme." The poet ... Read more
The leading poet of French symbolism, Stephane Mallarme has exercised an enormous influence both on French and on English and American avant-garde writers. In this volume C. F. MacIntyre has translated forty-three of his poems, including the "Ouverture" and "Scene" from Herodiade, which was to have been a drama in verse, and the well-known L'Apres-midi d'un faune, for which Debussy composed his orchestral prelude. The French text faces the English translations, which are both true to the original and poetic. Indeed, as MacIntyre suggests, Debussy is probably "one of the best guides into the mysterious realm of Mallarme." The poet ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
183
Condition
New
Number of Pages
188
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520234789
SKU
V9780520234789
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About Stephane Mallarme
C. F. MacIntyre (d. 1967) began his translations from Mallarme in 1939. Meanwhile he published translations from three other important French poets: Charles Baudelaire, Paul Verlaine, and Tristan Corbiere. He is well known for his Faust and his translations of Rainer Maria Rilke. His volumes of original poems include The Black Bull, Cafes and Cathedrals, and Poems.
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