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Complete Poems
Blaise Cendrars
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Description for Complete Poems
Paperback. Blaise Cendrars was a pioneer of modernist literature. Cendrars, born Frederick Louis Sauser in 1887, invented his life as well as his art. This is an English translation of complete poetry of this legendary twentieth-century French writer. Translator(s): Padgett, Ron. Num Pages: 424 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 656.
Blaise Cendrars was a pioneer of modernist literature. The full range of his poetry--from classical rhymed alexandrines to cubist modernism, and from feverish, even visionary, depression to airy good humor--offers a challenge no translator has accepted until now. Here, for the first time in English translation, is the complete poetry of a legendary twentieth-century French writer. Cendrars, born Frederick Louis Sauser in 1887, invented his life as well as his art. His adventures took him to Russia during the revolution of 1905 (where he traveled on the Trans-Siberian Railway), to New York in 1911, to the trenches ... Read more
Blaise Cendrars was a pioneer of modernist literature. The full range of his poetry--from classical rhymed alexandrines to cubist modernism, and from feverish, even visionary, depression to airy good humor--offers a challenge no translator has accepted until now. Here, for the first time in English translation, is the complete poetry of a legendary twentieth-century French writer. Cendrars, born Frederick Louis Sauser in 1887, invented his life as well as his art. His adventures took him to Russia during the revolution of 1905 (where he traveled on the Trans-Siberian Railway), to New York in 1911, to the trenches ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520065802
SKU
V9780520065802
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About Blaise Cendrars
Novelist, poet and essayist, Blaise Cendrars (1887-1961) was also a cineaste, juggler, translator, adventurer. Poet Ron Padgett has also translated works of Apollinaire and Duchamp. Jay Bochner is Professor of English Literature at the University of Montreal.
Reviews for Complete Poems
Padgett unpretentiously conveys the vivid sensuality emerging from the rich profusion of Cendrars's travel experiences. Good reading for all lovers of 20th-century French poetry.
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