| A Passion for French Poetry: A Selection of French Poetry with Translations and Commentary Contributor(s): Owen Ma Phd, Prys (Author) |
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ISBN: 1535307021 ISBN-13: 9781535307024 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $9.47 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - French |
| Physical Information: 0.15" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.24 lbs) 74 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: All my life I have had great pleasure from reading aloud (or reciting from memory) the glorious lyric poetry of France. I hope that my pupils and friends have enjoyed them with me. Suddenly, seventy years later, I have found a new French lyric poet. He is new to me but much older than the poets of the nineteenth century, and also than the Renaissance poets Ronsard and Du Bellay whom I discovered when I was at Southampton University. This poet was born in 1394 and I feel an empathy with him which refreshes me. My favourite poem is one of the saddest that I've read. We in Wales have a word for exile or loss which is deeply moving for us. It is hiraeth. |