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Selected Poems of Apollinaire »

Authors: Guillaume Apollinaire, Oliver Bernard
ISBN-13: 9780856463594, ISBN-10: 0856463590
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Anvil Press Poetry, Limited
Date Published: June 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Guillaume Apollinaire

The moving spirit of French modernism, Apollinaire was born in Rome in 1880. He became a French citizen only in 1916, after service in the artillery and infantry. He died during the Paris flu epidemic of 1918. Born in 1925, Oliver Bernard has translated the poems of Arthur Rimbaud as well as Apollinaire. His own poems, titled 'Verse &c.', were published by Anvil in 2001.

Book Synopsis

A generous selection from the most dynamic modernist French poet, bilingually presented, with Raoul Dufy's woodcuts.

	Introduction	13
	Orpheus / Orphee	19
	Zone / Zone	21
	The Pont Mirabeau / Le Pont Mirabeau	33
	Tortoise / La tortue	34
	Horse / Le cheval	35
	The Song of the Ill-Loved / La Chanson du Mal-Aime	37
	'One night of London mist and flame' / Un soir de demi-brume a Londres	37
	Song for Laetare a Year Past / Aubade chantee a Laetare un an passe	43
	'Many of those gods are dead'/ 'Beaucoup de ces dieux ont peri'	45
	Reply of the Zapur-Og Cossacks / Reponse des Cosaques Zaporogues	47
	'O milky way' / 'Voie lactee'	49
	The Seven Swords / Les sept epees	55
	'O milky way' / 'Voie lactee'	59
	Autumn Crocuses / Les colchiques	63
	Annie / Annie	65
	Marizibill / Marizibill	67
	The Traveller / La voyageur	69
	The Door / La porte	73
	Tibetan Goat / La chevre du Thibet	74
	Hare / Le lievre	75
	The Circus People / Saltimbanques	77
	The Landor Road Emigrant / L'Emigrant de Landor Road	79
	Rosemonde / Rosemonde	83
	May / Mai	85
	Synagogue / La synagogue	87
	The Betrothal / Les fiancailles	89
	'The Spring invites unfaithful lovers to wander' / 'Le printemps laisse errer les fiances parjures'	89
	'My friends have at last admitted they despise me' / 'Mes amis m'ont enfin avoue leur mepris'	89
	'I no longer even have pity for myself' / 'Je n'ai plus meme pitie de moi'	91
	'I have summoned up the courage' / 'J'ai eu le courage'	91
	'Forgive me for my ignorance' / 'Pardonnez-moi mon ignorance'	93
	'I observe the Sunday rest' / 'J'observe le repos du dimanche'	93
	'In the end lies no longer frighten me' / 'A la fin les mensonges ne me font plus peur'	95
	'At the corner of a street' / 'Au tournant d'une rue'	95
	'O flaming Templars' / 'Templiers flamboyants'	97
	1909 / 1909	99
	In the Sante / A la Sante	101
	Rabbit / Le lapin	106
	Dromedary / Le dromadaire	107
	Hunting Horns / Cors de chasse	109
	The Windows / Les fenetres	111
	Rue Christine Monday / Lundi rue Christine	115
	Heart, Crown and Mirror / Coeur couronne et miroir	119
	It's Raining / Il pleut	121
	The Little Car / La petite auto	123
	Gala / Fete	127
	Exercise / Exercice	129
	Postcard / Carte postale	131
	Mouse / La souris	132
	Carp / La carpe	133
	The Pretty Red-Head / La jolie rousse	135
	Cornflower / Bleuet	139
	The Skirt / Le jupon	143
	Prayer / Priere	145
	Hotel / Hotel	147
	Calligram for Madeleine (15 May 1915) / Calligramme a Madeleine (le 15 mai, 1915)	149
	The Ninth Secret Poem / Le neuvieme poeme secret	151
	Inscription for the Tomb of the Painter Henri Rousseau the Douanier / Inscription pour le tombeau du peintre Henri Rousseau Douanier	153
	Table / Table	155
	'Here is the coffin ...' / 'Voici le cerceuil ...'	157
	'Vive la France!' / 'Vive la France!'	159
	'Harden old heart ...' / 'Endurcis-toi vieux coeur ...'	159
	Letter to Andre Billy. 9 April 1915 / [Poeme epistolaire]	161
	Inscription on Apollinaire's Tombstone / Inscription qui se trouve sur le tombeau d'Apollinaire	163
	Notes	165

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Poetry

French Poetry

French poetry -> 20th century
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