Auteur: James R. Lawler

Although René Char’s distinctive voice has brought him to the forefront of contemporary French writers; his complex poetry has remained virtually inaccessible to the general reader. In this book an e …

Poems ranging from ‘La Jeune Parque’ and ‘Le Cimetière marin’ to occasional and light verse written as letters to friends, dedications in books, and inscriptions on ladies’ fans demonstrate the wide …

Valéry’s essays on Leonardo, Poe, Mallarmé, and with these the ‘Teste Cycle, ‘ were that part of his work most central to his thought. The extensive selection included from his Notebooks is evidence …

The traits that characterize the ‘language’ of French Symbolism are the center of these essays. In interpreting major or previously neglected compositions by Mallarmé, Verlaine, Rimbaud, Claudel, Val …

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach …