An anthology of nineteenth-century women's poetry from France; in English translation, with French text

Reference & Research Book News, May, 2009

An anthology of nineteenth-century women's poetry from France; in English translation, with French text.

Ed. by Gretchen Schultz, trans. by Anne Atik et al.

Modern Language Association

2008

367 pages

$11.95

Paperback

Texts and translations

PQ1167

This anthology collects approximately ninety poems from 19th century French women writers. Presented under the heading "Romanticism: Revolutions and Interiority" are poems by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Amable Tastu, Delphine Gay de Girardin, Elisa MercLur, and Louise Colet. Under the heading "Recitation and Rebellion: Parnassianism, War, and the Fall of Empire" come poems from Louise Ackermann, Malvina Blanchecotte, Louise Michel, Louisa Siefert, and Nina de Villard. Finally, poems by Judith Gautier, Marie Krysinska, Gerard d'Houville, and Renee Vivien are presented under the heading "The Promises of Symbolism." The poems are presented in the original French and in English translation on facing pages.

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