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Lyrics of the French Renaissance

Name: Lyrics of the French Renaissance
ISBN: 9780300128680

Marot, Du Bellay, Ronsard

Norman R. Shapiro,

416 pages
English
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Lyrics of the French Renaissance

Marot, Du Bellay, Ronsard

Norman R. Shapiro,

About this book

In this collection of rhymed, metrical translations of selected poems by three of France’s and Western literature’s most gifted and prolific poets, Norman R. Shapiro presents English versions of works by Clément Marot (1496–1544), considered by some to be the last of the medieval poets; Joachim Du Bellay (1525–1560); and Pierre de Ronsard (1524–1585). The original French poems—more than 150 in all—and their new English translations appear on facing pages. Some of the poems are very well known, while others will be a new pleasure for many readers.

In these faithful translations of the poetry of the three most highly acclaimed French Renaissance poets, Shapiro maintains the rhyme and meter of the original works. He adheres to the message of each poem yet avoids a slavishly literal translation to offer creative and spirited equivalents. For students and general readers of this volume, Hope Glidden’s introduction, along with notes she and Shapiro provide on the specific poems, will enhance appreciation and illuminate historical and linguistic issues relating to this wealth of lyric poems.

Norman R. Shapiro is professor of Romance languages and literatures at Wesleyan University. He has devoted much of his career to literary translation, and his publications include highly praised volumes as diverse as the farces of Feydeau, French fables by La Fontaine and others, Baudelaire, and Verlaine. Hope Glidden is chair of the French and Italian department at Tulane University.

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