A marceline desbordes valmore albert samain poem youtube. Finally, we made a translation into spanish of a poetic selection that wants to provide reliable knowledge of the main aesthetic worries of the author. Short, sweet, and somewhat nostalgic, it is up to the reader to decide if it is a love poem or not, or if should be taken for its obvious interpretation or to look for hidden. Prosas profanas y otros poemas real academia espanola. This book brings together rare english verse translations by anna m. Phenomenal woman, still i rise, the road not taken, if you forget me, dreams.
Its been just over a year since i published selected poems of marceline desbordesvalmore, and its actually not been a bad little seller. In 1817 she married her second husband, the actor prosper lanchantinvalmore. Evans of 18 of her poems, along with a translation of an essay on her work by. Marceline desbordesvalmore, poemas elegidos somos libros.
Her family was ruined by the french revolution and moved to the french colony of guadeloupe. Marceline desbordesvalmore june 20, 1786 july 23, 1859 was a french poet. Mais jen avais tant pris dans mes ceintures closes. Yves bonnefoy in his edition of desbordesvalmores poems suggests a reason for their neglect. This article presents a short approach to the marceline desbordesvalmores biography and also a short summary of her poetic ideas. Following the french revolution, her fathers business was ruined, and she traveled with her mother to guadeloupe in search of financial help from a distant relative. Marceline desbordesvalmore poems poems of marceline. Marceline desbordesvalmore, translation of verlaine. Marceline desbordesvalmore was born at douai to a family where her father was an armorial painter but whose livelihood was destroyed by the revolution and who thereupon sought poorly paid work as an innkeeper. Marceline desbordesvalmore marceline desbordesvalmore. Marcelines mother died of yellow fever there, and the young girl somehow made her way back to france. Marceline desbordesvalmore, french poet and woman of letters of the romantic period.
Of course, it doesnt sell as many copies as quincy lehrs heimat or heidi czerwiecs selfportrait as bettie page, but every now and then, someone randomly buys it, which is probably because, as far as i know, it is the only booklength. Following the french revolution, her family emigrated to guadeloupe. Las mas juiciosas no pueden sin arrebato entablar amistad. Marceline desbordesvalmore20 june 1786 23 july 1859 marceline desbordesvalmore was a french poet. A marceline desbordes valmore albert samain poem a marceline desbordes valmore albert samain poem skip navigation sign in. Marceline desbordesvalmore french author and actress. A bibliography of the main works follows that were published during her lifetime by the author. Selected poems of marceline desbordesvalmore marceline desbordesvalmore 17861859 was a french poet who predates the symbolist movement, and is largely unknown today outside her native country. Poesies 1830 marceline desbordesvalmore livre audio. Four poems by marceline desbordesvalmore by louis simpson. She published elegies et romances, her first poetic work, in 1819. In france poetry is still being read from the point of view of romanticism, which remains the greatest example of poetry that is profoundly masculine, impendous to the breakthrough her poetry represents, rejecting illusion and the pretensions of the me that are typical of romanticism. Marceline desbordesvalmore 20 june 1786 23 july 1859 was a french poet and novelist she was born in douai.
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