F黎es Galantes & Songs Without Words (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781955392204)

F黎es Galantes & Songs Without Words are the 2nd and 4th books of poetry by French poet and author Paul Verlaine.

F黎es Galantes (F黎es Galantes in French) was originally published in 1869. A common theme running through these poems is the scenes, characters, and props of French comedy, semi-civilized pastorals, and commedia dellʼarte, - figures like Harlequin, Colombine, Pierrot, Leandre, the Innamorati, etc., against natural backdrops and dreamy Watteau-like landscapes, with all the appurtenances that one might expect: mandolins, lutes, masques, moonlight, prettily-clad women, moss-covered benches... - interfused with the poetʼs feelings, melancholy, amorous longings, joys, and regrets.

Songs Without Words (Romances sans paroles in French) was originally published in 1874. The common theme in these poems is the amorous and sentimental love lost, found, and lost again between the poet and his childhood female cousin, or his child wife, or his new-found friend and fellow poet Arthur Rimbaud against a backdrop of the Ardennes, the Belgian countryside, Brussels, and London. It includes perhaps Verlaineʼs most famous poem: "Il pleure dans mon coeur..."

Author: Richard Robinson, Paul Verlaine
ISBN-10: 195539220X
ISBN-13: 9781955392204
Publisher: Sunny Lou Publishing
Language: English
Published: 02/03/2022
Pages: 110
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.38lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d