The Regrets

by Joachim du Bellay

Book Overview

A bilingual edition of one of the finest sonnet sequences of the Renaissance

As a member of the mid-sixteenth-century literary group La Pl?iade, Joachim du Bellay sought to elevate his native French to the level of the classical languages--a goal pursued with great spirit, elegance, irony, and wit in the poems that comprise The Regrets. Widely viewed as one of the finest sonnet sequences in all of French literature, this Renaissance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810119935
• ISBN13: 9780810119932
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.8"