The landmark plays from the French theatre included in this edition embody the transition from the old to the modern in dramatic experimentation: precursors of surrealism, they are innovative, outrageous and highly enjoyable. Consisting of Maeterlinck's The Blind, Jarry's Ubu the King, and Apollinaire's The Mammaries of Tiresias, this edition provides new translations sensitive to crucial linguistic features such as rhyme and pun and contains the only editions of Maeterlinck and Apollinaire's plays in print. These three plays written between 1890 and 1917 surprised and shocked their first audiences and still continue to do so today.

Three Pre-Surrealist Plays (The ^AWorld's Classics)

Literature & Fiction

MAETERLINCK, MAURICE

JARRY, Alfred

APOLLINAIRE, GUILLAUME

Slater, Maya

Dramas & Plays

Oxford University Press

'In the end you're tired of this antiquated world' Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918) is the most significant French poet of early modernism, and the most colourful. His exuberant, adventurous poetry matched the eventful times through which he lived, and his experimentalism heralded a new artistic order. In the Paris of the belle epoque, Apollinaire's prolific writing - poems, short stories, erotic novels, art criticism - as well as his magnetic personality brought him fame and even some notoriety. His two great collections of poetry, Alcools and Calligrammes, made his reputation, and they include love poems as well as the war poetry for which he is best known. Apollinaire coined the word 'surrealism', and he led the literary and artistic avant-garde right up to his death two days before the Armistice, weakened by injuries received earlier in the War. This new selection by Martin Sorrell covers the full range of Apollinaire's career, and includes some of the poet's inventive pictorial calligrams. The introduction and notes explore his seminal role in the culture of the twentieth century. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Selected Poems: with parallel French text (Oxford World's Classics)

Sorrell, Martin

History & Criticism

The poet assassinated;

Literary

Hart-Davis

Excerpt from Calligrammes, Poèmes de la Paix Et de la Guerre (1913-1916): Ondes, Étendards, Case d'Armons, Lueurs des Tirs, Obus Couleur de Lune, la Tête ÉtoiléeAlcools, poèmes avec un portrait de l'auteur par Pablo Picasso, in - 18, Paris, Mercure de France 1913.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Calligrammes, Poèmes de la Paix Et de la Guerre (1913-1916): Ondes, Étendards, Case d'Armons, Lueurs des Tirs, Obus Couleur de Lune, la Tête Étoilée (Classic Reprint) (French Edition)

Poetry

Forgotten Books

Guiilaume Apollinaire, a leading figure amongst the young writers and artists in France until his death in 1918, published 'Alcools', his first book of poems, in 1913. With its wide range of verse forms and contrasting registers of style, 'Alcools' had a considerable influence on Surrealist poetry. The poems provide a splendid example of the lyrical art in which the paradoxes of Apollinaire are held in high poetic tension. The editor's introduction and notes take place in the 20th Century and explain allusion and difficulties in the text.

Alcools (Athlone French Poets)

The Athlone Press

Guiilaume Apollinaire, a leading figure amongst the young writers and artists in France until his death in 1918, published 'Alcools', his first book of poems, in 1913. With its wide range of verse forms and contrasting registers of style, 'Alcools' had a considerable influence on Surrealist poetry. The poems provide a splendid example of the lyrical art in which the paradoxes of Apollinaire are held in high poetic tension. The editor's introduction and notes take place in the 20th Century and explain allusion and difficulties in the text.

Alcools (Athlone French poets) (French Edition)

Rees, Garnet

Alcools;

Univ. Of California Pr.

A fully annotated, bilingual edition, Calligrammes is a key work not only in Apollinaire's own development but also in the evolution of modern French poetry. Apollinaire--Roman by birth, Polish by name (Wilhelm-Apollinaris de Kostrowitski), Parisian by choice--died at thirty-eight in 1918. Nevertheless, he became one of the leading figures in twentieth-century poetry, a transitional figure whose work at once echoes the Symbolists and anticipates the work of the Surrealists. Calligrammes is a key work not only in Apollinaire's own development but in the evolution of modern French poetry. Roman by birth, Polish by name (Wilhelm-Apollinaris de Kostrowitski), Parisian by choice, Apollinaire was one of the leading figures in twentieth-century poetry, a transitional figure whose work at once echoes the Symbolists and anticipates the Surrealists.

Calligrammes: Poems of Peace and War (1913-1916) (English and French Edition)

A fully annotated, bilingual edition, Calligrammes is a key work not only in Apollinaire’s own development but also in the evolution of modern French poetry. ApollinaireRoman by birth, Polish by name (Wilhelm-Apollinaris de Kostrowitski), Parisian by choicedied at thirty-eight in 1918. Nevertheless, he became one of the leading figures in twentieth-century poetry, a transitional figure whose work at once echoes the Symbolists and anticipates the work of the Surrealists. Calligrammes is a key work not only in Apollinaire's own development but in the evolution of modern French poetry. Roman by birth, Polish by name (Wilhelm-Apollinaris de Kostrowitski), Parisian by choice, Apollinaire was one of the leading figures in twentieth-century poetry, a transitional figure whose work at once echoes the Symbolists and anticipates the Surrealists.

Calligrammes: Poems of Peace and War (1913-1916)

University of California Press

A fully annotated, bilingual edition, Calligrammes is a key work not only in Apollinaire's own development but in the evolution of modern French poetry. Apollinaire--Roman by birth, Polish by name (Wilhelm-Apollinaris de Kostrowitski), Parisian by choice--died at thirty-eight in 1918. Nevertheless, he became one of the leading figures in twentieth-century poetry, a transitional figure whose work at once echoes the Symbolists and anticipates the work of the Surrealists.

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Three Pre-Surrealist Plays (The ^AWorld's Classics)

Selected Poems: with parallel French text (Oxford World's Classics)

The poet assassinated;

Calligrammes, Poèmes de la Paix Et de la Guerre (1913-1916): Ondes, Étendards, Case d'Armons, Lueurs des Tirs, Obus Couleur de Lune, la Tête Étoilée (Classic Reprint) (French Edition)

Alcools (Athlone French Poets)

Alcools (Athlone French poets) (French Edition)

Alcools;

Calligrammes: Poems of Peace and War (1913-1916) (English and French Edition)

Calligrammes: Poems of Peace and War (1913-1916)

Calligrammes: Poems of Peace and War (1913-1916)