'He had become the dandy of the unpredictable.' A quest for new sensations, and an avowed desire to shock possessed the Decadent writers of fin-de-siècle Paris. The years 1880-1900 saw an extraordinary, hothouse flowering of talent, that produced some of the most exotic, stylized, and cerebral literature in the French language. While 'Decadence' was a European movement, its epicentre was the French capital. On the eve of Freud's early discoveries, writers such as Gourmont, Lorrain, Maupass...

Set Thy Love in Order  gathers the work of some thirty years, taken from Stephen Romer's four previous collections, along with a substantial selection of new poems. The title is a Dantesque imperative as old as the Trecento: Ordina questo amore, O tu che m' ami  - set thy love in order, o thou who lovest me. Romer's central theme is encapsulated by these words, and his prolonged and painstaking exploration of the 'intermittences of the heart', frequently carried out with a Francophile self...

In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to some of the greatest poets of our literature.Robert Herrick was born in London in 1591 and went to St. John's College, Cambridge. He became a Cavalier poet before being ordained in 1623. Charles...

France's greatest poet of the last half century, Yves Bonnefoy wrote many books of poetry and poetic prose, as well as celebrated critical essays on literature and art (to which a second volume will be devoted). At his death in 2016 aged ninety-three, he was Emeritus Professor of Comparative Poetics at the Collège de France. The selection for this volume (and the second one) was made in close collaboration with the poet. The lengthy introduction by John Naughton is a significant assessment...

France's greatest poet of the last half century, Yves Bonnefoy wrote many books of poetry and poetic prose, as well as celebrated critical essays on literature and art (to which a second volume will be devoted). At his death in 2016 aged ninety-three, he was Emeritus Professor of Comparative Poetics at the Collège de France. The selection for this volume (and the second one) was made in close collaboration with the poet. The lengthy introduction by John Naughton is a significant assessment...

Nous avons choisi le titre général "Domaine anglais" pour désigner le champ assez vaste parcouru par les essais ici rassemblés. C'est Valery Larbaud qui emploie ce terme dans son livre Sous l'invocation de saint Jérôme, une bible pour les traducteurs, où il se donne le projet, entre autres choses, de tirer de l'oubli quelques-uns des grands intermédiaires entre les Français et leurs voisins d'outre-Manche. Intermédiaires dont il fut – comme le montre Cecily Mackworth, dans un essai plein d...

Rolf Krenzer: Römer-Geschichten für Kinder. Ab ca. 5 Jahren. Geschichten-Sonderausgabe. Eine Fülle von Geschichten, die Kinder auf unterhaltsame Weise in die Welt der Römer entführen und zugleich Hintergrundwissen vermitteln. Von Amandus, Beatus, Felicitas und Rufus, von Wagenrennen im Circus Maximus, von aufregenden Triumphzügen siegreicher römischer Legionäre, aber auch vom strengen Schulalltag, vom harten Leben der Sklaven und von vielem mehr erzählt Rolf Krenzer im vorliegenden Band. W...

Nombreux étaient celles et ceux qui souhaitaient en retrouver les interventions du printemps 2005 et les voir rassemblées, et précisément à Tours, ville natale d'Yves Bonnefoy. C'est en souvenir de belles circonstances que nous avons souhaité mettre en avant cette nécessaire relation entre "amitié" et "réflexion" qu'indique le titre. Pour autant que l'homme soit encore cet arbre où des parentés reconnues sont à partager, l'unité de ce rassemblement de propos sur la traduction de la poésie ...

Rolf Krenzer: Das große Buch von den kleinen Römern. Ab ca. 5 J. Mit Rolf Krenzer und Paul G. Walter auf Entdeckungsreise in die Welt der Römer. Von Amandus, Beatus, Felicitas und Rufus, von Wagenrennen im Circus Maximus, von aufregenden Triumphzügen siegreicher römischer Legionäre, aber auch vom strengen Schulalltag, vom harten Leben der Sklaven und von vielem mehr. Wie sah ein erster Schultag im alten Rom aus? Wie und womit spielten kleine Römer? Rolf Krenzer beschreibt das Leben der kle...