Sonnets of love and death
Bilingual ed.
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Author
Contributions
- Slavitt, David R., 1935- - Contributor
Publication
2001 - Northwestern University Press, Evanston, Illinois, Illinois
Language
English
Word Count
20,750 words, Guess
Page Count
83 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100810118408
- ISBN-139780810118409
- LibraryThing4943403
- Goodreads2560177
- Library of Congress Control Number2001001090
and 4 more
- OCLC Control Number46315103
- Better World Books9780810118409
- Better World BooksP9-CWA-117
- Open LibraryOL3937499M
Classifications
- DDC841/.3
- LCCPQ1705.S7 A275 2001
- LCCPQ1705.S7A275 2001
Description
"This bilingual edition of Sonnets of Love & Death introduces today's readers to the intriguing world of Jean de Sponde, a neglected sixteenth-century poet who has at last taken his proper place in the pantheon of French poets. David R. Slavitt's finely crafted translation respects both the content and form of Sponde's original while deftly employing contemporary English poetics that appeal to modern sensibilities.". "Considered one of the most important poets of the Renaissance period and a precursor to John Donne, in his poetry Sponde reflects the tensions - both stylistic and philosophical - of his time. This collection of sonnets, abounding in metaphor, paradox, antithesis, and hyperbole, is a restless personal exploration of the body and the spirit, of the concrete and the abstract, of passion and anguish"--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects
Topics
Series Statement
- European poetry classics
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