ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN FRENCH POETRY 1850-1950

THIS ANTHOLOGY IS THE COMPANION VOLUME TO THE APPRECIATION OF MODERN FRENCH POETRY, THE AIM OF WHICH WAS TO GIVE DETAILED PRELIMINARY HELP WITH THE PROBLEMS OF POETIC APPRECIATION. THE FOURTEEN POETS REPRESENTED HERE PROVIDE A VARIED AND EXCITING INTRODUCTION TO WHAT IS PROBABLY THE RICHEST CENTURY OF FRENCH POETRY, FROM 1850 TO 1950. HUGO, THE COLOSSUS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, WHOSE WORK GIVES NEW RESONANCE AND VITALITY TO IMAGINATIVE VISION, OPENS THE ANTHOLOGY, AND MICHAUX, THE MOST INDIVIDUAL AND 'MODERN' OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY POETS IN THAT HE BRIDGES THE GAP BETWEEN POETRY AND CONTEMPORARY SCIENCE, CLOSES IT. ALMOST ALL THE MAJOR POETS OF THE PERIOD ARE INCLUDED NERVAL, BAUDELAIRE, MALLARME, VERLAINE, RIMBAUD AND LAFORGUE FROM THE SECOND HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY; VALERY, APOLLINAIRE, SUPERVIELLE AND ELUARD IN THE TWENTIETH. THE LESSER KNOWN CROS AND DESNOS, FRESH AND SPONTANEOUS POETS WITH AN IMMEDIATE APPEAL, INVITE A NEW LOOK AT THE LYRIC TRADITIONS OF FRENCH VERSE AND O