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The Yale Anthology of Twentieth-Century French Poetry Hardcover – June 10, 2004

by Ms. Mary Ann Caws (Editor)
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02 Not since the publication of Paul Auster's The Random House Book of 20th Century French Poetry (1984) has there been a significant and widely read anthology of modern French poetry in the English-speaking world. Here for the first time is a comprehensive bilingual representation of French poetic achievement in the twentieth century, from the turn-of-the-century poetry of Guillaume Apollinaire to the high modernist art of Samuel Beckett to the contemporary verse of scourge Michel Houellebecq. Many of the English translations (on facing pages) are justly celebrated, composed by eminent figures such as T.S. Eliot, Wallace Stevens, and John Ashbery; many others are new and have been commissioned for this book.Distinguished scholar and editor Mary Ann Caws has chosen work by more than 100 poets. Her deliberately extensive, international selection includes work by Francophone poets, by writers better known for accomplishments in other genres (novelists, songwriters, performance artists), and by many more female poets than have typically been represented in past anthologies of modern French poetry. The editor has opted for a chronological organization that highlights six crucial “pressure points” in modern French poetry. Accompanying the selections are a general introduction, informative essays on each period, and short biographical notes—all prepared by the editor.“A monumental work that will serve as a point of reference for contemporary French studies for many years to come. Reaching beyond canonical works and authors, it runs through culture at large with unsurpassed force and elegance. It will change the course of French studies.”—Tom Conley, Harvard University
Not since the publication of Paul Auster's The Random House Book of 20th Century French Poetry (1984) has there been a significant and widely read anthology of modern French poetry in the English-speaking world. Here for the first time is a comprehensive bilingual representation of French poetic achievement in the twentieth century, from the turn-of-the-century poetry of Guillaume Apollinaire to the high modernist art of Samuel Beckett to the contemporary verse of scourge Michel Houellebecq. Many of the English translations (on facing pages) are justly celebrated, composed by eminent figures such as T.S. Eliot, Wallace Stevens, and John Ashbery; many others are new and have been commissioned for this book.Distinguished scholar and editor Mary Ann Caws has chosen work by more than 100 poets. Her deliberately extensive, international selection includes work by Francophone poets, by writers better known for accomplishments in other genres (novelists, songwriters, performance artists), and by many more female poets than have typically been represented in past anthologies of modern French poetry. The editor has opted for a chronological organization that highlights six crucial “pressure points” in modern French poetry. Accompanying the selections are a general introduction, informative essays on each period, and short biographical notes—all prepared by the editor.“A monumental work that will serve as a point of reference for contemporary French studies for many years to come. Reaching beyond canonical works and authors, it runs through culture at large with unsurpassed force and elegance. It will change the course of French studies.”—Tom Conley, Harvard University
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This eagerly anticipated volume is the first comprehensive bilingual representation of French poetic achievement in the twentieth century. Mary Ann Caws has selected the work of more than 100 poets, an international roundup that includes numerous Francophone poets and many more female poets than have appeared in previous anthologies. English translations accompany each poem.-->


"Let's raise a glass to Mary Ann Caws and the new Yale Anthology of Twentieth-Century French Poetry. Her scholarship, editorial skills, and brilliant army of poet-translators have produced the first fully comprehensive, panoramic, one hundred-year vision of everything Francophone: from Paris to Martinique, from Apollinaire to the Workshop of Potential Literature. It's all here, a fathomless case of champagne, deserving, as in Mallarmé's Salut, ‘of the white care of our sail.’”—Janet Hamill, author of Lost Ceilings

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"A monumental work that will serve as a point of reference for contemporary French studies for years to come. Reaching beyond canonical works and authors, it runs through culture at large with force and elegance. It will change the course of French studies."-Tom Conley, Harvard University

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Yale University Press; First Edition (June 10, 2004)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 704 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0300100108
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0300100105
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.48 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 1.5 x 9.5 inches
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    Hoyt Rogers is a poet, translator, novelist, scholar, and internationalist. He has published many books; he has contributed poetry, fiction, essays, and translations to a wide variety of periodicals. His edition of Yves Bonnefoy's Rome, 1630 received the French-American Foundation’s 2021 Translation Prize. His latest collection of poems is Thresholds (MadHat 2023), his latest translation is Yves Bonnefoy's The Wandering Life (Seagull 2023), and his latest novel is Sailing to Noon (Spuyten Duyvil 2023, volume one of The Caribbean Trilogy). Born in North America, he has spent most of his life in Latin America and Western Europe. He was educated at Columbia, Harvard, the Sorbonne, and Oxford, where he received his doctoral degree in 1978. Please consult the web for more information.

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Pfritz
5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous Book
Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2014
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Ms. Mary Ann Caws has done a real service to the reading public with this book. It covers a very wide range of French poetry ranging across nearly the entire 20th century. Early works include poems from the French Symbolists, followed by the Surrealists. Both movements were strongly influential on later work by English language poets, such as John Ashbery. I always tended to dismiss much of Surrealsim as gimmicky and lacking heart, but the poems included here by Paul Eluard gave the lie to that notion. I highly recommend this collection to anyone who enjoys poems that are not just pretty evocations of things and thoughts easily apprehended. These poems do present some challenges, but are the more worthwhile for it.
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Colin McKellar
3.0 out of 5 stars This book is a most interesting collection of French poetry ...
Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2015
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This book is a most interesting collection of French poetry translated in to English. My Husband has had it from the library for months and requested it as a gift so I could return the copy to the library at last.
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Tim Lake
1.0 out of 5 stars Kindle edition is very hard to read - avoid
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2019
I can't comment very easily on the actual translations here because the formatting of the pages on the Kindle Edition prohibits it. It's very very hard to match the French version of the poem with its English translation. The poems themselves are not clearly delineated: some seem to have translations, others do not. It's unfortunate that such a noble project should be so badly executed, but this is a big mess. Stay away.
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Brian Purcell
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent anthology of French poetry
Reviewed in Australia on March 30, 2024
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Well-presented, giving a great introduction to French poetry of the 20th century.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful
Reviewed in Canada on April 18, 2016
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Beautifully edited and presented. I purchased this anthology as part of an online university-level translation workshop - and to help me brush up on my French. It opened up new worlds. The translations and the introductions are wonderful.
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Alan Tucker
5.0 out of 5 stars Strongly recommended
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 22, 2009
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A model of its kind & a treasurehouse of fascinating and some great poetry: good design, layout and printing, facing page translations throughout. Admirable. The editor, Mary Ann Caws, has an excellent eye for good poems and translations. It is perhaps a pity she has had no choice but to use her own translations quite so often: while some are near perfect, others aren't, but at least they are coherent and readers can choose and decide. Over 70 other translators' work is included. As a test piece try Soleilland by Edmond Jabès, translated as Sunland by Keith Waldrop, pages 332-335. There are 646 pages in the book. A bargain
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Joe OReilly
4.0 out of 5 stars The best of French poetry
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 13, 2014
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A fine anthology of French poetry made all the more easy to review by virtue of an opposite page translation for each poem listed.
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Mr. Brian J. Anthony
1.0 out of 5 stars Beware the Kindle version
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 18, 2011
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In its paper version this is a wonderful book.

The Kindle version is so poorly formatted that it is impossible to concentrate on or enjoy the content. Download a sample to your device and examine it carefully before buying.
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