Evidence Explained
Elizabeth Shown Mills · 2007 · 885 pages
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Paul Valery s most celebrated collection "Charmes" was first published in 1922. It contains several of his most famous poems, including Ebauche d un serpent and Le cimetiere marin in Yvor Winters view the two greatest short poems ever written. The collection as a whole has achieved classic status as the finest work by the finest modern French poet. Here it is helpfully introduced and discussed by Peter Dale who has also appended some early poems, and one much later piece, of related interest.Peter Dale has been working on his translations for some thirty years. As ever, he takes the hardest and for the reader, most rewarding route in making versions with corresponding rhyme and metre. The result is a fresh view of an intriguing poet, somewhat neglected but now revived in English.Peter Dale is the author of notable translations of Dante s "Divine Comedy" and selections from the poetry of Tristan Corbiere, Jules Laforgue and Francois Villon. These and his own collections "Edge to Edge" (1996) and "Under the Breath" (2002) are published by Anvil."
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