French Poetry

The Flowers of Evil (Paperback)

The Flowers of Evil (Paperback)

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Many of the poems in this collection, published in 1857, were banned for indecency by the French government. A major 19th-century text and an inspiration to the Symbolist movement, THE FLOWERS OF EVIL evokes the decay and debauchery of the Parisian und...


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The Horse Fair

The Horse Fair

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Many of the poems in this fifth collection address aspects of the life and work of the 19th-century French painter Rosa Bonheaur, who, like many artists, assumed the costume of a man to escape the limitations of her gender. Additionally, Becker inclu...


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J'Accuse

J'Accuse

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Explosive poems by an Israeli accusing his country of crimes against humanity.Playing on Zola's famous letter denouncing the anti-Semitism of the French government throughout the Dreyfus affair, Aharon Shabtai's title can be taken literally: i...


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The Flowers of Evil

The Flowers of Evil

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Many of the poems in this collection, published in 1857, were banned for indecency by the French government.


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The Song of Roland

The Song of Roland

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A contemporary prose rendering of the great medieval French epic, The Song of Roland is as canonical and significant as the Anglo-Saxon Beowulf.


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Magic of Fire

Magic of Fire

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The open hearth is where American colonials baked their beans, English families took their tea, French country families prepared their pot au feu, and Italian mothers stirred their polenta.


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