{"product_id":"the-yale-anthology-of-twentiethcentury-french-poetry","title":"The Yale Anthology of Twentieth-Century French Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003e02 Not since the publication of Paul Austers The Random House Book of 20th Century French Poetry (1984) has there been a significant and widely read anthology of modern French poetry in the English-speaking world. Here for the first time is a comprehensive bilingual representation of French poetic achievement in the twentieth century  from the turn-of-the-century poetry of Guillaume Apollinaire to the high modernist art of Samuel Beckett to the contemporary verse of scourge Michel Houellebecq. Many of the English translations (on facing pages) are justly celebrated  composed by eminent figures such as T.S. Eliot  Wallace Stevens  and John Ashbery; many others are new and have been commissioned for this book.Distinguished scholar and editor Mary Ann Caws has chosen work by more than 100 poets. Her deliberately extensive  international selection includes work by Francophone poets  by writers better known for accomplishments in other genres (novelists  songwriters  performance artists)  and by many more female poets than have typically been represented in past anthologies of modern French poetry. The editor has opted for a chronological organization that highlights six crucial pressure points in modern French poetry. Accompanying the selections are a general introduction  informative essays on each period  and short biographical notesall prepared by the editor.A monumental work that will serve as a point of reference for contemporary French studies for many years to come. Reaching beyond canonical works and authors  it runs through culture at large with unsurpassed force and elegance. It will change the course of French studies.Tom Conley  Harvard University Not since the publication of Paul Austers The Random House Book of 20th Century French Poetry (1984) has there been a significant and widely read anthology of modern French poetry in the English-speaking world. Here for the first time is a comprehensive bilingual representation of French poetic achievement in the twentieth century  from the turn-of-the-century poetry of Guillaume Apollinaire to the high modernist art of Samuel Beckett to the contemporary verse of scourge Michel Houellebecq. Many of the English translations (on facing pages) are justly celebrated  composed by eminent figures such as T.S. Eliot  Wallace Stevens  and John Ashbery; many others are new and have been commissioned for this book.Distinguished scholar and editor Mary Ann Caws has chosen work by more than 100 poets. Her deliberately extensive  international selection includes work by Francophone poets  by writers better known for accomplishments in other genres (novelists  songwriters  performance artists)  and by many more female poets than have typically been represented in past anthologies of modern French poetry. The editor has opted for a chronological organization that highlights six crucial pressure points in modern French poetry. Accompanying the selections are a general introduction  informative essays on each period  and short biographical notesall prepared by the editor.A monumental work that will serve as a point of reference for contemporary French studies for many years to come. Reaching beyond canonical works and authors  it runs through culture at large with unsurpassed force and elegance. It will change the course of French studies.Tom Conley  Harvard University\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44962961326133,"sku":"ByrdShop_0300100108","price":65.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780300100105.jpg?v=1770401837","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-yale-anthology-of-twentiethcentury-french-poetry","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}