{"product_id":"selected-poems-of-victor-hugo-a-bilingual-edition-9780226359816","title":"Selected Poems of Victor Hugo: A Bilingual Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eA remarkable bilingual edition of the best poetry written by the legendary author of Les Miserables  Although best known as the author of Notre Dame de Paris and Les Misrables  Victor Hugo was primarily a poetone of the most important and prolific in French history. Despite his renown  however  there are few comprehensive collections of his verse available and even fewer translated editions.  Translators E. H. and A. M. Blackmore have collected Victor Hugos essential verse into a single  bilingual volume that showcases all the facets of Hugos oeuvre  including intimate love poems  satires against the political establishment  serene meditations  religious verse  and narrative poems illustrating his mastery of the art of storytelling and his abiding concern for the social issues of his time. More than half of this volumes eight thousand lines of verse appear here for the first time in English  providing readers with a new perspective on each of the fascinating periods of Hugos career and aspects of his style. Introductions to each section guide the reader through the stages of Hugos writing  while notes on individual poems provide information not found in even the most detailed French-language editions.  Illustrated with Hugos own paintings and drawings  this lucid translation pays homage to this towering figure of nineteenth-century literature by capturing the energy of his poetry  the drama and satirical force of his language  and the visionary beauty of his writing as a whole.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666099462197,"sku":"ByrdShop_0226359816","price":65.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780226359816.jpg?v=1782419561","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/selected-poems-of-victor-hugo-a-bilingual-edition-9780226359816","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}