Calligrammes: Poems of Peace and War (1913-1916)

8 best books like Calligrammes: Poems of Peace and War (1913-1916) (Guillaume Apollinaire): The Complete Stories and Poems, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair, Les Fleurs du Mal, Complete Works, Flowers of Evil and Other Works/Les Fleurs du Mal et Oeuvres Choisies : A Dual-Language Book (Dover Foreign Language Study Guides) (English and French Edition), Capital of Pain, Paroles, Fêtes galantes / Romances sans paroles / Poèmes saturniens

The Complete Stories and Poems

Author	Edgar Allan Poe
ISBN	0385074077

I’ve been reading this book for almost three years and it feels so good to finally have finished it!

I was surprised by what I found in here. Poe was slightly different to what I thought. He is very much shrouded in shadow and the macabre, at least, his more successful stories and poems were. But...

Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

Author	Pablo Neruda
ISBN	0143039962

When it appeared in 1924, this work launched into the international spotlight a young and unknown poet whose writings would ignite a generation. W. S. Merwin's incomparable translation faces the original Spanish text. Now in a black-spine Classics edition with an introduction by Cristina Garcia,...

Les Fleurs du Mal

Author	Charles Baudelaire
ISBN	0879234628

After reading Baudelaire, I suddenly find myself wanting to smoke cigarettes and say very cynical things while donning a trendy haircut. Plus, if I didn't read Baudelaire, how could I possibly carry on conversations with pretentious art students?

In all seriousness, though, I wish my French...

Complete Works

Author	Arthur Rimbaud
ISBN	0060955503

Arthur Rimbaud is remembered as much for his volatile personality and tumultuous life as he is for his writings, most of which he produced before the age of eighteen.

This book brings together his poetry, prose, and letters, including "The Drunken Boat," "The Orphans' New Year," "After the...

Flowers of Evil and Other Works/Les Fleurs du Mal et Oeuvres Choisies : A Dual-Language Book (Dover Foreign Language Study Guides) (English and French Edition)

Author	Charles Baudelaire
ISBN	0486270920

I finally finished Les Fleurs du Mal, which I read during the stray hours I had each week in between classes -- reading, that is, while colleagues and co-workers spent their valuable time scheming and scamming..., I suspect.... (Sic academia transit). Just kidding, of course. They are noble creatures.......

Capital of Pain

Author	Paul Éluard
ISBN	0976844966

Capital of Pain, is considered one of the key texts of surrealism. This is the first new translation into English of this work in over 30 years and the only edition available in the English language. This edition presents the text in its entirety in a bilingual format, and includes an extensive essay on...

Paroles

Author	Jacques Prévert
ISBN	2070367622

Rappelle-toi Barbara
Il pleuvait sans cesse sur Brest ce jour là
Et tu marchais souriante
Épanouie ravie ruisselante
Sous la pluie
Rappelle-toi Barbara...
Oh Barbara
Quelle connerie la guerre
Qu'es-tu devenue maintenant
Sous cette pluie de fer
De...

Fêtes galantes / Romances sans paroles / Poèmes saturniens

Author	Paul Verlaine
ISBN	2070320537

De magnifiques poèmes, très expressifs, symboliques, avec des couleurs, et même comiques .

"Les sanglots longs
Des violons
De l'automne
Blessent mon cœur
D'une langueur
monotone.

Tout suffocant
Et blême, quand
Sonne l'heure,

Je...