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Calligrammes: Poems of Peace and War (1913-1916)
Guillaume Apollinaire
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Paperback. Apollinaire - Roman by birth, Polish by name, Parisian by choice - died at thirty-eight in 1918. Nevertheless, he became one of the leading figures in twentieth-century poetry, a transitional figure whose work at once echoes the Symbolists and anticipates the work of the Surrealists. This title presents Apollinaire's poems. Translator(s): Greet, Anne Hyde. Num Pages: 525 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 746.
A fully annotated, bilingual edition, "Calligrammes" is a key work not only in Apollinaire's own development but in the evolution of modern French poetry. Apollinaire - Roman by birth, Polish by name (Wilhelm-Apollinaris de Kostrowitski), Parisian by choice - died at thirty-eight in 1918. Nevertheless, he became one of the leading figures in twentieth-century poetry, a transitional figure whose work at once echoes the Symbolists and anticipates the work of the Surrealists.
A fully annotated, bilingual edition, "Calligrammes" is a key work not only in Apollinaire's own development but in the evolution of modern French poetry. Apollinaire - Roman by birth, Polish by name (Wilhelm-Apollinaris de Kostrowitski), Parisian by choice - died at thirty-eight in 1918. Nevertheless, he became one of the leading figures in twentieth-century poetry, a transitional figure whose work at once echoes the Symbolists and anticipates the work of the Surrealists.
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
525
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Weight
730g
Number of Pages
525
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520242128
SKU
V9780520242128
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About Guillaume Apollinaire
Anne Hyde Greet is Professor of French, University of California, Santa Barbara, and translator of Apollinaire's Alcools (California, 1966). S. I. Lockerbie is Emeritus Professor of French, University of Stirling, Scotland.
Reviews for Calligrammes: Poems of Peace and War (1913-1916)
"Greet's English is an excellent guide to Apollinaire's French. A modern classic long overdue in this form."
Los Angeles Times
“What we have in these poems, instead of politics, is a subjective and affective chronicle in which the wilder imaginative flights are constantly pinned down by immediate detail. A consistent governing sensibility expands then retracts with impressive suppleness ... Read more
Los Angeles Times
“What we have in these poems, instead of politics, is a subjective and affective chronicle in which the wilder imaginative flights are constantly pinned down by immediate detail. A consistent governing sensibility expands then retracts with impressive suppleness ... Read more