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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 841.912
EAN: 9780520242128
ISBN: 0520242122
Label: University of California Press
Manufacturer: University of California Press
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 525
Publication Date: 2004-03-15
Publisher: University of California Press
Studio: 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.

Customer Rating:
Review Summary: a masterpiece
Review: This work is nothing short of a masterpiece.

If you're just being introduced to poetry or Guillaume Apollinaire, this is a must-read. I can't even begin to describe the depth and meaning found in every word of this book.

The only complaint I have is that the translations were not always accurate, but with a book of this size, there are inevitably going to be small translation errors.

Read it! It will change your life.

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