| Selected Poems: Dual-Language Edition Contributor(s): Hugo, Victor (Author), Haxton, Brooks (Translator), Haxton, Brooks (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0142437034 ISBN-13: 9780142437032 Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $15.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2002 Annotation: For most of his life, Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was the most famous writer in the world. His legacy includes the nineteenth century's most celebrated works of drama, fiction, memoir, and criticism. But in his day Hugo was know foremost as a poet-indeed the greatest French poet of the age. He wrote with passion about history, erotic experience, familial love, philosophy, nature, social justice, art, and mysticism. In this new bicentennial edition, acclaimed poet and translator Brooks Haxton offers an exquisite selection of Hugo's finest work: love poems, historical tableaux, elegy, and idyll, including his incomparable "Boaz Asleep," which Marcel Proust praised as the most beautiful poem of the nineteenth century. "One of those rare and providential minds who in the domain of literature bring about the salvation of us all." (Charles Baudelaire) |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - French - Literary Collections | European - French - Literary Criticism | Poetry |
| Dewey: 841.7 |
| LCCN: 2001044802 |
| Series: Penguin Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 6.08" W x 6.9" (0.26 lbs) 144 pages |
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| Publisher Description: For most of his life, Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was the most famous writer in the world. His legacy includes the nineteenth century's most celebrated works of drama, fiction, memoir, and criticism. But in his day Hugo was know foremost as a poet-indeed the greatest French poet of the age. He wrote with passion about history, erotic experience, familial love, philosophy, nature, social justice, art, and mysticism. In this new bicentennial edition, acclaimed poet and translator Brooks Haxton offers an exquisite selection of Hugo's finest work: love poems, historical tableaux, elegy, and idyll, including his incomparable Boaz Asleep, which Marcel Proust praised as the most beautiful poem of the nineteenth century. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |
