Elles: A Bilingual Anthology of Modern French Poetry by Women (Exeter Linguistic Studies) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0859894487 ISBN 13: 9780859894487

Publisher: University of Exeter Press, 1995

Synopsis

ELLES is the first bilingual anthology of its kind. It introduces English-speaking readers to some of the best French poetry written by women over the last twenty years. Martin Sorrell has chosen a selection of work from seventeen distinctive and diverse poets, and he has provided lively facing-page verse translations, poems in their own right, alongside the originals.Martin Sorrell's Introduction situates the poets in their context and discusses the issues which confronted him as compiler and translator, not least as a man responding to creative work written by women. Each poet introduces herself with an essay on her conception of poetry and her own position as a writer. These biographical pieces are published in French and in an English translation. There is also a selected bibliography for each poet.The Afterword, by Jacqueline Chénieux-Gendron - Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris, and a leading specialist in modern French literature - is also published in French and in an English translation. The poets represented in ELLES are Marie-Claire Bancquart, Christiane Baroche, Geneviève Bon, Claude de Burine, Andrée Chedid, Louise Herlin, Jeanne Hyvrard, Leslie Kaplan, Josée Lapeyrère, Jo-Ann Léon, Anne Portugal, Gisèle Prassinos, Jacqueline Risset, Amina Saïd, Sylvia Baron Supervielle, Marguerite Yourcenar, and Céline Zins.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

'Elles' introduces English-speaking readers to some of the best French poetry published by women over the last twenty years. Each poet introduces herself with an essay on her conception of poetry and her own position as writer.

About the Author:

Martin Sorrel is Senior Lecturer in French, University of Exeter.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Exeter Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0859894487
• ISBN 13: 9780859894487
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240