Alcools by Guillaume Apollinaire

Alcools by Guillaume Apollinaire

Since its publication in 1913, Alcools has acquired classic status as a major landmark not only in French poetry but in the wider contexts of modern European literature.An indispensable text for an serious study of modernism, it is richly rewarding in its own right: it draw on traditions of folk-song and literary Symbolism, mingles lyrics of disarming simplicity with poems which are so boldly experimental that they can still challenge the modern reader and it looks forward to the discoveries of Surrealism and much else in subsequent writing.Above all, however, it records Apollinaire's own endless curiosity about life and his own intensely personal response to all its manifestations.

This edition features the full French text, a comprehensive introduction including a biographical overview of Apollinaire, and the work's context, structure and imagery.In addition to the text, commentary notes explain problematic phrases, enlighten obscure references or stylistic points and gloss particular words.The text is edited and the notes written by Anthony Pilkington, Fellow and Tutor in Modern Languages at Jesus College, Oxford.

The moving spirit of French modernism, Apollinaire was born in Rome in 1880. He became a French citizen only in 1916, after service in the artillery and infantry. He died during the Paris flu epidemic of 1918. Born in 1925, Oliver Bernard has translated the poems of Arthur Rimbaud as well as Apollinaire. His own poems, titled Verse &c., were published by Anvil in 2001.

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ISBN 13	9781853993732
ISBN 10	1853993735
Title	Alcools
Author	Guillaume Apollinaire
Series	French Texts
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	1998-01-01
Number of pages	202
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