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Translated by Christopher PillingEdited by Richard Hibbitt and Katherine Lunn-RockliffeWith an introduction by Katherine Lunn-RockliffeTristan Corbière is a poet who tests language to the limits, dislocating normal syntax, revelling in self-contradictory affirmations, and piling up puns. Born in Brittany in 1845, he died at only 29, leaving to future readers a scattered assortment of texts. This collection brings together several less well-known pieces, some early versions of published poems, and others which were handwritten into his own copy of his only published collection, Les Amours jaunes.Presented as a bilingual edition, this volume offers the first English translations of many of these writings, all of which testify to Corbière’s sly humour, linguistic glee, formal innovation and mordant self-irony. Playful and comic, Corbière’s work is also experimental, subversive and moving.The texts are translated by Christopher Pilling, an award-winning poet, playwright and translator. He is a founder of the Cumbrian Poets workshops, which he has hosted for 35 years, a convenor of Skiddaw u3a, and the organiser of translation days and readings in Keswick. He has translated the work of

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Author

Richard Hibbitt and Katherine Lunn-Rockliffe (eds.)

Publisher

White Rose University Press

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781912482092

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Poetry, European Poetry, Humanities