
Before Wisdom
by Paul Verlaine
Title:
Before Wisdom
Author:
Paul Verlaine
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
120 pages
Publisher:
World Poetry Books
ISBN-13:
9781954218123
EAN:
9781954218123
Publication Date:
07/09/2023
Classifications:
Poetry
Weight (g):
332
Dimensions (mm):
144 x 224 x 11
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
A selection from the legendary French poet Paul Verlaine''s first four books translated with irreverence and musicality by Keith Waldrop and K.A. Hays. Before he became an icon of fin de siecle French poetry and a major influence on the Symbolist and Decadent movements, before he met Arthur Rimbaud and published his best-known collection (Wisdom), and before he was renowned as a troubled and often violent alcoholic, Paul Verlaine wrote four books of poetry: Saturnine Poems (1866), Wild Parties (1869), The Good Song (1870), and Wordless Romances (1874). This volume presents Verlaine''s lesser-known early work, in translations that Cole Swensen has called ''a real tour de force'' and Michael Palmer calls ''remarkable versions.''













