Synopses & Reviews
The influential French poet, Symbolist leader, and Decadent Paul Verlaine (18441896) was recognized as a groundbreaking writer even in his own lifetimehis stylistic innovations brought a new musicality to French poetry and paved the way for free verse and other twentieth-century techniques and experiments. This selection of poems, with the French text en face, provides a comprehensive selection of Verlaines verse together with a lucid introduction illuminating his life and works.
About the Author
Paul Verlaine, author of works including Romance sans paroles and Sagesse, was elected Frances Prince of Poets” by his peers in 1894.