France in the Heart. French Poetry from the 12th to the Early 20th Centuries, Translated by Russian Poets of the 18th to the Early 21st Centuries. An Anthology. In 3 Volumes
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France in the Heart. French Poetry from the 12th to the Early 20th Centuries, Translated by Russian Poets of the 18th to the Early 21st Centuries. An Anthology. In 3 Volumes
99.99 €
From the mid-eighteenth century to the mid-twentieth, French poetry received the greatest attention from Russian poets. Since Sumarokov, who published his transcriptions of French poetry in 1755, it has been translated by nearly every famous Russian poet: Zhukovsky, Pushkin, Tyutchev, Baratynsky, Benediktov, Blok, Bryusov, Pasternak, Mandelstam...
At various times, several anthologies devoted to Russian translations of French poetry have been published in Russia, but a three-volume edition like this, covering over six hundred poets and the works of nearly two hundred translators, has never been published.
This publication is equipped with an extensive reference list and is suitable for both philologists and poetry lovers of all kinds.
The first volume of the anthology includes works by poets from the early 12th to the early 16th centuries: from the early troubadours, whose work reflected the chivalric traditions of the late Middle Ages and pioneered many poetic forms that survive to this day, to the heyday of courtly poetry. The vast constellation includes the great names of Bourne, Eustache Deschamps, Charles of Orleans, François Villon, the Pleiades poets Pierre de Ronsard, Joachim du Bellay, and, finally, the Huguenot Agrippa d'Aubigné. A significant portion of the works included in this volume are either translated for the first time or are translations unknown to modern readers for various reasons.
French poetry from roughly the time of Louis XIII (when The Three Musketeers took place) until almost the end of the 18th century is far less known to Russian readers than its predecessors and successors. Only the names of the libertine poet Théophile de Viau, the scandalmonger Paul Scarron, the fabulist La Fontaine, and those whose literary fame came outside the world of poetry—Molière, Voltaire, Rousseau—are familiar to us. But during the French Revolution, André's shining star flared, and in the following decades, Victor Hugo, Lamartine, Musset, Gautier, Leconte de Lisle—the honor and pride of French literature—emerged, ushering in the golden age of French poetry.
The poetry of the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries elevated the French muse to perhaps the foremost position in the world. On the pages of the anthology's third volume, we see the great names of Baudelaire, Heredia, Mallarmé, Verlaine, Rimbaud, Corbière, Samain, Laforgue, Valéry, Apollinaire—and dozens of others, perhaps less well-known but no less significant. Unfortunately, copyright restrictions prevented us from presenting poetry from the last seven decades. However, we hope that our publication will sooner or later find worthy successors.
At various times, several anthologies devoted to Russian translations of French poetry have been published in Russia, but a three-volume edition like this, covering over six hundred poets and the works of nearly two hundred translators, has never been published.
This publication is equipped with an extensive reference list and is suitable for both philologists and poetry lovers of all kinds.
The first volume of the anthology includes works by poets from the early 12th to the early 16th centuries: from the early troubadours, whose work reflected the chivalric traditions of the late Middle Ages and pioneered many poetic forms that survive to this day, to the heyday of courtly poetry. The vast constellation includes the great names of Bourne, Eustache Deschamps, Charles of Orleans, François Villon, the Pleiades poets Pierre de Ronsard, Joachim du Bellay, and, finally, the Huguenot Agrippa d'Aubigné. A significant portion of the works included in this volume are either translated for the first time or are translations unknown to modern readers for various reasons.
French poetry from roughly the time of Louis XIII (when The Three Musketeers took place) until almost the end of the 18th century is far less known to Russian readers than its predecessors and successors. Only the names of the libertine poet Théophile de Viau, the scandalmonger Paul Scarron, the fabulist La Fontaine, and those whose literary fame came outside the world of poetry—Molière, Voltaire, Rousseau—are familiar to us. But during the French Revolution, André's shining star flared, and in the following decades, Victor Hugo, Lamartine, Musset, Gautier, Leconte de Lisle—the honor and pride of French literature—emerged, ushering in the golden age of French poetry.
The poetry of the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries elevated the French muse to perhaps the foremost position in the world. On the pages of the anthology's third volume, we see the great names of Baudelaire, Heredia, Mallarmé, Verlaine, Rimbaud, Corbière, Samain, Laforgue, Valéry, Apollinaire—and dozens of others, perhaps less well-known but no less significant. Unfortunately, copyright restrictions prevented us from presenting poetry from the last seven decades. However, we hope that our publication will sooner or later find worthy successors.
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