| Calligrammes: Poems of Peace and War (1913-1916) Contributor(s): Apollinaire, Guillaume (Author), Greet, Anne Hyde (Translator), Lockerbie, S. I. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0520242122 ISBN-13: 9780520242128 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2004 Annotation: A fully annotated, bilingual edition, "Calligrammes "is a key work not only in Apollinaire's own development but in the evolution of modern French poetry. Apollinaire--Roman by birth, Polish by name (Wilhelm-Apollinaris de Kostrowitski), Parisian by choice--died at thirty-eight in 1918. Nevertheless, he became one of the leading figures in twentieth-century poetry, a transitional figure whose work at once echoes the Symbolists and anticipates the work of the Surrealists. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism - Poetry | European - General |
| Dewey: 841.912 |
| LCCN: 73149946 |
| Physical Information: 1.34" H x 6.1" W x 8.98" (1.61 lbs) 513 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This fully annotated bilingual edition of Calligrammes makes available a key work not only in Apollinaire's own development but also in the evolution of modern French poetry. Apollinaire--Roman by birth, Polish by name (Wilhelm-Apollinaris de Kostrowitski), Parisian by choice--died at thirty-eight in 1918. Nevertheless, he became one of the leading figures in twentieth-century poetry, a transitional figure whose work at once echoes the Symbolists and anticipates the work of the Surrealists. |