From the troubadours of the Middle Ages to the titans of modern poetry, from Rabelais and Ronsard to Jacques R- and Yves Bonnefoy, French Poetry offers English-speaking readers a one-volume introduction to a rich and varied tradition. Here are today-s rising stars mingling with the great writers of past centuries: La Fontaine, Villon, du Bellay, Christine de Pisan, Marguerite de Navarre, Louise Lab-Hugo, Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Verlaine, Mallarm-Apollinaire, and many more. Here, too, are representatives of the modern francophone world, encompassing Lebanese, Tunisian, Senegalese and Belgian poets, including such notable writers as L-old Senghor, V-s Khoury-Ghata and H- Kaddour.
Finally, this anthology showcases a wide range of the English language-s finest translators - including such renowned poet-translators as Ezra Pound, John Ashbery, Marianne Moore and Derek Mahon - in a dazzling tribute to the splendours of French poetry.
