Essay on French Verse: For Readers of English Poetry

by Jacques Barzun

Book Overview

In An Essay on French Verse-For Readers of English Poetry, Jacques Barzun addresses the baffling English prejudice against French poetry. Barzun's many-faceted and entertaining study muses on six hundred years of French verse, its rules and forms and how they evolved. It also has significant sections on the French language itself, its sounds and difficulties; on verse music in language generally; on the character and achievements of the greatest French...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811211584
• ISBN13: 9780811211581
• Release Date: April 1991
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"