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Product DescriptionIn an era of declining interest in poetry studies, this collection of essays provides the groundwork for understanding how and why French verse has been overshadowed by prose at the dawn of the new millennium. Although poetry has not declined in terms of quality or quantity, its role within the French literary tradition has markedly diminished. This volume specifically addresses the issue of why French poetry has suffered a loss of prestige in the Englishspeaking world and examines the three major causes of this fall from grace. Written by some of the foremost scholars of French poetry, the essays embrace a wide spectrum of topics such as versification, interpretation, translation, typography, canonization, politics, and gender. Highly recommended for the scholar and advanced undergraduate or graduate student. This book was originally published in a slightly different form by Garland Press.Review...This communal sense of the richness of the material, together with illustrations ranging from the sixteenth century to the present, has produced an enjoyable and thoughtprovoking volume that succeeds in the difficult double task of encouraging the novice and interesting the scholar. Modern Language Review...All teachers of French poetry will surely welcome this volume, as it presents a variety of engaging perspectives on the act of reading and interpreting French poetry. The French Review...All teachers of French poetry will surely welcome this volume, as it presents a variety of engaging perspectives on the act of reading and interpreting French poetry. The French Review...All teachers of French poetry will surely welcome this volume, as it presents a variety of engaging perspectives on the act of reading and interpreting French poetry. The French ReviewAbout the AuthorStamos Metzidakis, editor, is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at Washington University in St. Louis. He is the author two critical studies: Repetition and Semiotics: Interpreting Prose Poems (Summa Publications, 1986) and Difference Unbound: The Rise of Pluralism in Literature and Criticism (Rodopi, 1995) as well as numerous articles on French and comparative literature.
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