Selected Poems

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Victor Hugo, Brooks Haxton, Brooks Haxton

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Penguin Random House Australia
26 February 2002

Poetry; Poetry by individual poets

"For most of his life, Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was the most famous writer in the world. His legacy includes the nineteenth century's most celebrated works of drama, fiction, memoir, and criticism. But in his day Hugo was know foremost as a poet-indeed the greatest French poet of the age. He wrote with passion about history, erotic experience, familial love, philosophy, nature, social justice, art, and mysticism.

In this new bicentennial edition, acclaimed poet and translator Brooks Haxton offers an exquisite selection of Hugo's finest work- love poems, historical tableaux, elegy, and idyll, including his incomparable ""Boaz Asleep,"" which Marcel Proust praised as the most beautiful poem of the nineteenth century.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators."

By: Victor Hugo
Introduction by: Brooks Haxton
Translated by: Brooks Haxton
Imprint: Penguin Random House Australia
Country of Publication: Australia
Edition: Bilingual edition
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 119g
ISBN: 9780142437032
ISBN 10: 0142437034
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 26 February 2002
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Victor Hugo(1802-85) was a forceful and prolific writer. He became a committed social democrat and during the Second Empire of Napoleon III was exiled from France, living in the Channel Islands. His body is now buried in the Pantheon. Brooks Haxton's poetry translations include Dances for Flute and Thunder- Poems from the Ancient Greek, which was nominated for a PEN translation award, and Victor Hugo's Selected Poems for Penguin Classics.

Reviews for Selected Poems: Dual-Language Edition

... fascinating reading ... serves as an excellent introduction to a topic that should continue to grab headlines and concern for a long time. -- The Columbus Free Press ... fascinating ... highly recommended. -- Choice