French Verse-Art
French Verse-Art

Author: Clive Scott

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1980-05-15

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 0521226899

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This 1980 book is designed to help university students to master the technicalities and techniques of French verse. The author assumes that part of the difficulty encountered by readers derives from the need to approach French verse through English verse; this book undertakes, therefore, a differentiation of the two verse traditions. Dr Scott's concern is to provide the groundwork of a terminology, to discuss the origins and implications of that terminology, and to show how terminological knowledge can be translated into critical speculation about poetry. After three chapters which establish the essential features of the French line of verse and outline the difficulties the student is likely to encounter in trying to describe it and deal with it, the book moves on to consider rhyme, stanzas, verse forms and free verse.

Understanding French Verse
Understanding French Verse

Author: David Hunter

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2005-03-17

Total Pages: 133

ISBN-13: 0198039360

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Understanding French Verse: A Guide for Singers explains the formal structure of the French language and sets out the basics of French versification, using examples drawn from a wide range of well-known song settings. In clear and concise style, it explains the Alexandrine meter typically used in French-language poetry, how to distinguish different meters by counting syllables, how to identify stresses and rhyme in French verse, and ultimately, how to enhance the interpretation and enjoyment of the melodie . The book also offers valuable resources, including a brief history of French versification, detailed analysis of several poems, a glossary of technical terms, and suggestions for further reading. While other books help singers with French diction, or offer translations of French texts, no other book helps a singer understand the meaning behind what they are singing. Understanding French Verse is an essential tool for singers, accompanists, and other musicians who want to understand more about the French texts with which they are working.

Fashioned Texts and Painted Books
Fashioned Texts and Painted Books

Author: Erin E. Edgington

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2017-10-01

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 146963578X

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Fashioned Texts and Painted Books examines the folding fan's multiple roles in fin-de-siecle and early twentieth-century French literature. Focusing on the fan's identity as a symbol of feminine sexuality, as a collectible art object, and, especially, as an alternative book form well suited to the reception of poetic texts, the study highlights the fan's suitability as a substrate for verse, deriving from its myriad associations with coquetry and sex, flight, air, and breath. Close readings of Stephane Mallarme's eventails of the 1880s and 1890s and Paul Claudel's Cent phrases pour eventails (1927) consider both text and paratext as they underscore the significant visual interest of this poetry. Works in prose and in verse by Octave Uzanne, Guy de Maupassant, and Marcel Proust, along with fan leaves by Edgar Degas, Edouard Manet, Berthe Morisot, and Paul Gauguin, serve as points of comparison that deepen our understanding of the complex interplay of text and image that characterizes this occasional subgenre. Through its interrogation of the correspondences between form and content in fan poetry, this study demonstrates that the fan was, in addition to being a ubiquitous fashion accessory, a significant literary and art historical object straddling the boundary between East and West, past and present, and high and low art.

A Garden of Impressionist Verse
A Garden of Impressionist Verse

Author: Michael Brunstrom

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781556527517

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Illustrated with classic Impressionist paintings, this beautiful anthology features verses by Charles Baudelaire, Stephane Mallarme, Paul Verlaine, and Victor Hugo. Perfect for Francophiles and poetry lovers alike, each poem is presented in the original French sideby-side with English translations. In addition to works by Monet, Renoir, Degas, Pissarro, and Sisley, the collection also includes brief biographies of the poets and historical background on the art, making it a perfect introduction to the literary and artistic traditions of 19th-century France.

A Garden of Impressionist Verse
A Garden of Impressionist Verse

Author:

Publisher: Frances Lincoln

Published: 2007-08

Total Pages: 77

ISBN-13: 9780711226401

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This beautiful pocket anthology contains nineteenth-century French poetry illustrated with impressionist paintings. The impressionist painters rallied around the exhortation of the poet Baudelaire to paint directly from nature. The works of Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, Sisley and Degas glimmer with light, capturing the very moment of their creation with unprecedented vigour and clarity. In this book, Baudelaire's poetry features alongside the work of such writers as Alphonse de Lamartine, Stéphane Mallarmé, Paul Verlaine and Victor Hugo.

Understanding French Verse
Understanding French Verse

Author: David Hunter

Publisher: OUP USA

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 133

ISBN-13: 0195177169

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This guide is aimed at singers and singing teachers interseted in the French song repertoire. In a clear and concise way, using examples from well known song settings, it sets out the basics of French versification, showing how an understanding of verse techniques can enhance the enjoyment and interpretation of the French mélodie.

A Primer of French Verse for Upper Forms
A Primer of French Verse for Upper Forms

Author: Frederic Spencer

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781020867903

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This book is a comprehensive guide to French verse for advanced students. Frederic Spencer covers everything from pronunciation and meter to complex structures and literary devices. This is an essential resource for anyone looking to master the art of French poetry. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Illustrated Medieval Alexander-books in French Verse
Illustrated Medieval Alexander-books in French Verse

Author: David John Athole Ross

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9782503581057

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"The core of this book on the French verse Alexander in France and Italy was written by eminent Alexander specialist David J.A. Ross, who left an incomplete typescript at his death. In its emphasis on illustration, this book offers new perspectives on the reception of one of the most popular medieval heroes. Ross's analysis of the illustrations proves that despite some convergent patterns there is no iconographic programme that coordinates the three major verse traditions as there is for the versions in prose. Nevertheless, the verse versions continued to be copied and illustrated long after the emergence of prose. The editors have expanded Ross's text, as he wished, to include a comparative analysis of the iconography and they have situated each manuscript as far as possible in its cultural context, demonstrating that the producers of the verse Alexander were also responsible for writing and illustrating a large number of other vernacular and liturgical books in Northern France, Paris, the South, and Italy. This volume is a sequel to Ross's Studies in the Alexander Romance and his Illustrated medieval Alexander-books in Germany and the Netherlands, and makes available an extensive corpus of high-quality images of this great hero."--

A Question of Syllables
A Question of Syllables

Author: Clive Scott

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1986-09-11

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 0521325846

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Dr Scott examines the intimate life of words in verse, with all their fluctuations of meaning, mood and tone.