Poetry. Translated from the French by Noelle Kocot. ..".I have the clearness of the moon, / And for friends I have amorous vagabonds with no money." A limited-edition, hand-sewn volume of poet Noelle Kocot's translations of some of the poems of Tristan Corbiere (1845-1875), the young French poet whose only book, Les Amours jaunes , was largely ignored until the Symbolist poet Paul Verlaine wrote about him a decade after his untimely death. Marked by his use of irony and a distinctive local idiom, Tristan Corbiere's work is ...
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Poetry. Translated from the French by Noelle Kocot. ..".I have the clearness of the moon, / And for friends I have amorous vagabonds with no money." A limited-edition, hand-sewn volume of poet Noelle Kocot's translations of some of the poems of Tristan Corbiere (1845-1875), the young French poet whose only book, Les Amours jaunes , was largely ignored until the Symbolist poet Paul Verlaine wrote about him a decade after his untimely death. Marked by his use of irony and a distinctive local idiom, Tristan Corbiere's work is a cornerstone of modern French poetry, and has been influential to English and American modernists such as Pound and Eliot.
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Add this copy of Poet By Default to cart. $17.00, like new condition, Sold by Common Crow Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pittsburgh, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by Wave Books.
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Fine. Presumed first edition, 2011, paperback, octavo, 31pp., not illustrated. Book fine with handsome wrap and tied binding tight, text clean and unmarked. No DJ.
