Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-364). Acknowledgments --Introduction --Primary texts --Note on the translations --[pt. 1].Romanticism : revolutions and interiority --Marceline Desbordes-Valmore --Sonimage =Theimage --Á Délia =To Delia --L'étrangère =Thestranger --Écrivez-moi =Write me --Uneplume de femme =Awoman's pen --Lapage blanche =Thewhite page --Jeune homme irrité sur un banc d'école... =Angry young man, slouched at your school desk... --Jour d'orient =Eastern day --Leséclairs =Lightning --Lesroses de Saadi =Saadi's roses --Lejeune fille et le ramier =Theyoung girl and the ring dove --L'eau douce =Fresh water --L'esclave =Theslave --Dans la rue par un jour funèbre de Lyon =In the street on a funeral day in Lyon --Amable Tastu --L'ange gardien =Guardian angel --Delphine Gay de Girardin --Lebonheur d'être belle =Thejoy of being beautiful --Ourika : Élégie =Ourika : elegy --Élisa Mercœur --Leréveil d'une vierge =Amaiden awakes --LeJeune mendiant =Theyoung beggar -- Louise Colet --Ma poésie =My poetry --Sonnet = Sonnet --Mezza vita =Mezza vita --Folles et saintes =Madwomen and saints --ÀMonsieur Préault, statuarie =To Monsieur Préault, sculptor --Pæstum =Paestum --Absorption dans l'amour =Absorption in love --[pt. 2].Reaction and rebellion : Parnassianism, war, and the fall of Empire --Louise Ackermann --Mon livre =My book --L'amour et la mort =Love and death --Lepositivisme =Positivism --J'ignore! =I do not know! --Malvina Blanchecotte --À ma mère : Sonnet =To my mother : Sonnet --Déshéritée =Theoutcast girl --Combats (XIII, LXX, LXXIV) =Battles (XII, LXX, LXXIV) --Trèves (I et XIII) =Truces (I and XIII) --Paix (VII et XIV) =Peace (VII and XIV) -- Louise Michel --Paris =Paris --Ladanse des bombes =Thebomb dance --Lesœillets rouges =Thered carnations --Chanson de cirque =Circus song --V'là le choléra =Cholera's upon us --Louisa Siefert --Préface =Preface --Orgueil! =Pride! --Tristesse =Sadness --Soupir =Sighing --Lessaintes colères (II et III) =Holy wrath (II and III) --Nina de Villard --Jalousie du jeune dieu =Jealousy of a young god --L'enterrement d'un abre =Theburial of a tree --Impromptu =Impromptu --Vers à peindre =Lines to paint --À Maman =To Mother --L'employé =Theclerk -- [pt. 3]. Thepromises of symbolism --Judith Gautier --Tigre et gazelle =Tiger and gazelle --Lavestale =Thevestal virgin --D'après Saadi =Inspired by Saadi --Vénus chez Diane =Venus visits Diana --Sonnet décadent =Decadent sonnet --Bulle de savon =Soap bubble --Légende arabe =Arabic legend --Marie Krysinska --Symphonie en gris =Symphony in gray --Berceuse macabre =Macabre lullaby --Nature morte =Still life --L'ange gardien =Guardian angel --Laparure =Dressing up --Devant le miroir =In front of the mirror --Idylle =Idyll --Lepoème des caresses =Thepoem of caresses --Marines =Seascapes -- Gérard D'Houville --Ciel nocturne =Nighttime sky --L'ombre =Theshadow --Larobe bleue =Theblue dress --Celle qui passe =She who passes --Vœu =Wish --Lepotier =Thepotter --Avril =April --Apparition =Apparition --Salomé =Salomé --Stances =Stanzas --Épitaphe =Epitaph --Renée Vivien --Sonnets (II) =Sonnets (II) --Amazone =Amazon --Violettes d'automne =Autumn violets --Aigues-Marines =Aquamarines --Roses du soir =Evening Roses --Lebloc de marbre =Theblock of marble --Lafourrure =Fur --Á la perverse Ophélie =To the perverse Ophelia --Lessuccubes disent... =TheSuccabae say... --Faste des tissus =Feast of fabrics --Attente =Expectation --Vous pour qui j'écrivis =It was for you I wrote --Lepilori =Thepillory --Sur le rythme saphique =In the sapphic rhythm --Pèlerinage =Pilgrimage --Works cited in the headnotes and footnotes --Notes on the translators.

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• LCC: PQ1167
• Dewey Decimal: 841/.5

Book Details

• Language: eng
• Physical Description: xl, 367 p. ; 22 cm.
• Edition Info: (pbk. : alk. paper)

Subjects

• Literature & Fiction -- Poetry -- Anthologies
• Literature & Fiction -- Poetry -- French
• Literature & Fiction -- Poetry -- Single Authors -- Continental European
• Literature & Fiction -- Poetry -- General
• Literature & Fiction -- Poetry -- General AAS
• French poetry -- Women authors
• French poetry -- 19th century
• French poetry -- Women authors -- Translations into English
• French poetry -- 19th century -- Translations into English

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