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In his ABC of Reading, Ezra Pound begins his short list of nineteenth-century French poets to be studied with Th©?ophile Gautier. Widely esteemed by figures as diverse as Charles Baudelaire, the Goncourt brothers, Gustave Flaubert, Oscar Wilde, Henry James, and T. S. Eliot, Gautier was one of the nineteenth century's most prominent French writers, famous for his virtuosity, his inventive textures, and his motto "Art for art's sake." His work is often considered a crucial hinge between High Romanticism-idealistic, sentimental, grandiloquent-and the beginnings of "Parnasse," with its emotional detachment, plasticity, and irresistible surfaces. His large body of verse, however, is little known outside France. This generous sampling, anchored by the complete ©maux et Cam©?es, perhaps Gautier's supreme poetic achievement, and including poems from the vigorously exotic Espa©?a and several early collections, not only succeeds in bringing these poems into English but also rediscovers them, renewing them in the process of translation. Norman Shapiro's translations have been widely praised for their formal integrity, sonic acuity, tonal sensitivities, and overall poetic qualities, and he employs all these gifts in this collection. Mining one of the crucial treasures of the French tradition, Shapiro makes a major contribution to world letters. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Is all that separates us from the tomb.
Perhaps tonight, in white foam's bitter, dank
Shroud will we lie, mid lightning's blare and boom!
Glenn and others have been singing Gautier's praise for some time now. Given my enthusiasm for verse at the present, I thought an immersion in his poetry would be timely. I was not disappointed. Many of the pieces are airy and glimmering, exotic even. Venice and Spain dominate the imagination. The seasons, however, remain either winter or spring. Then as one proceeds deeper in the collection, the blinding glare of summer and decomposition dominate.
Gautier is often referred to as a hinge poet, one who straddled a midpoint between the Affirmation of Hugo and the Ennui of Baudelaire. I tend to agree. I can't rave enough about this edition and the magnificent end notes which reflect an incredible feat of erudition. ( )