The French poetry of some five centuries is here surveyed in a series of studies of the work and personality of individual poets. This edition, first published in 1973, had new chapters on 'irregular' 17th-century poets and on various modern poets whose work now enables the Surrealist movement to be seen in clearer perspective.
Review for the original 1973 edition:
'Any reader who, like myself, enjoys French poetry without being an expert on it, will be enlightened and stimulated... Enjoying the works that he discusses, he makes his enjoyment infectious. I believe this to be the first duty of the critic, and I firmly recommend this book.'
Raymond Mortimer, Sunday Times
'Any reader who, like myself, enjoys French poetry without being an expert on it, will be enlightened and stimulated... Enjoying the works that he discusses, he makes his enjoyment infectious. I believe this to be the first duty of the critic, and I firmly recommend this book.'
Raymond Mortimer, Sunday Times







