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From the troubadours of the Middle Ages to the titans of modern poetry, from Rabelais and Ronsard to Aim C saire and Yves Bonnefoy, French Poetry offers English-speaking readers a one-volume introduction to a rich and varied tradition. Here are today's rising stars mingling with the great writers of past centuries: La Fontaine, Fran ois Villon, Christine de Pizan, Marguerite de Navarre, Louise Lab , Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Verlaine, Mallarm , Apollinaire, and many more. Here, too, are representatives of the modern francophone world, encompassing Lebanese, Tunisian, Senegalese, and Belgian poets, including such notable writers as L opold Senghor, V nus Khoury-Ghata, and H di Kaddour. Finally, this anthology showcases a wide range of the English language's finest translators--including such renowned poet-translators as Ezra Pound, Marianne Moore, John Ashbery, and Derek Mahon--in a dazzling tribute to the splendors of French poetry.