French poet Paul Verlaine was a major representative of the symbolist movement during the latter half of the 19th century. Norman Shapiro's translations seek to display Verlaine's ability to transform into verse the essence of everyday life and make evident the reasons for his renown in France and t[...]

"Poems Under Saturn" is the first complete English translation of the collection that announced Paul Verlaine (1844-1896) as a poet of promise and originality, one who would come to be regarded as one of the greatest of nineteenth-century writers. This new translation, by respected contemporary poet[...]

När De fördömda poeterna började publiceras 1884, som artiklar i tidskriften «Lutèce», hade Paul Verlaine redan börjat sin slutgiltiga förvandling till legendens absintomtöcknade avgrundsluffare, och när artiklarna gavs ut i bokform 1888, utökad med essäer om den än idag alldeles för [...]