French Women Poets of Nine Centuries: The Distaff and the Pen
- ISBN-10
- 0801888042
- ISBN-13
- 9780801888045
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 1182
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-09-22
- Publisher
- JHU Press
- Author
- Norman R. Shapiro
Description
"Original texts and translations are presented on facing pages, allowing readers to appreciate the vigor and variety of the French and the fidelity of the English versions. Divided into three chronological sections spanning the Middle Ages through the sixteenth century, the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the volume includes introductory essays by noted scholars of each era's poetry along with biographical sketches and bibliographical references for each poet."--BOOK JACKET.
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