Poems of Jules Laforgue

by Laforgue, Jules; Dale, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780856463228
• ISBN10: 0856463221
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-01
• Publisher: Anvil Press Poetry

Summary

Like Poe, Laforgue has been a more influential poet abroad than at home. His innovatory handling of free verse, for example, was an inspiration to the young T.S. Eliot, who was also drawn to his tone of urban wit and the way his poetry, part symbolist and part impressionist, reflected the uncertainties of modern city life. Peter Dale captures the resourceful, energy and panache of Laforgue's poetry in translations which are as playful, wild, clear, obscure and impossible as the French poems.

Author Biography

Among the most innovative of poets in the French language, Laforgue was an important influence on T.S. Eliot. Laforgue died in Paris in 1887, aged just 27.

Peter Dale, born in Surrey, England, worked as a school teacher until 1993, when he became a freelance writer and translator. Anvil publish his own poems, as well as his translations from Jules Laforgue and Francois Villon, and of Dante's Divine Comedy.

 

Table of Contents

Introduction	7	(25)
Les Complaintes	25	(164)
The Complaints
L'Imitation de Notre-Dame la Lune selon Jules Laforgue	189	(74)
The Imitation of Our Lady the Moon according to Fules Laforgue
Des Fleurs de bonne volonte	263	(122)
Flowers of Good Will
Derniers vers	385	(58)
Last Poems
Poemes divers	443	(12)
Other Poems
Notes	455	(14)
Notes on the Text	469	(5)
Brief Bibliography	474	(1)
Index of French Titles	475	(3)
Index of English Titles	478