The muse spoke French
Subtitle: selected poems
By: translated from the French by Kendall Lappin.
Contributors: Lappin, Kendall E.
Publisher: Asylum Arts
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Santa Maria, CA
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: French poetry -- Translations into English.; French poetry.
Description: "In this eclectic selection of forty-eight classic French poems - which includes works by Villon, Voltaire, Baudelaire, Musset, Nerval, and Hugo, as well as lesser-known poets such as d'Orleans, DuBellay, Prudhomme, Heredia, Coppee and Rollinat - translator Kendall Lappin puts theory to the test: dispensing with rhyme in favor of strict adherence to metrics and diction, Lappin's translations strive for and achieve remarkable semantic faithfulness without sacrificing the musicality of the verse. Readers with a sound knowledge of French will find particular delight in comparing the translator's versions to the originals, printed here on facing pages."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Text in English and French.