Poetry in Translation: French

New English translations of classical and modern French poetry and literary works. Includes poetry from Mallarmé, Baudelaire and Rimbaud, and the complete memoirs of François-René de Chateaubriand.
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Troubadours, the (c.1100–c.1350) - From Dawn to Dawn: Sixty Troubadour poems in translation.
‘The Annunciation’ The Book of Hours - c. 1407 [source: The British Library]. From: Troubadours, the - From Dawn to Dawn: Sixty Troubadour poems in translation.
Rostand, Edmond (1868–1918) - Cyrano De Bergerac: Act V
‘Edmond Rostand: Cyrano de Bergerac - Before the Final Scene’. L'ILLUSTRATION, 8 January 1898 [source: Wikimedia Commons]. Rostand, Edmond - Cyrano De Bergerac: Act V.
Author Anonymous (c. 1200) - Aucassin and Nicolette
Illustration by Anne Anderson (British, 1878-1930) from the 1911 Adam and Charles Black (London) Edition of Aucassin and Nicolette [source: Internet Archive Book Images]. From: Author Anonymous - Aucassin and Nicolette.
Chateaubriand, François-René de (1768–1848) - Itinerary: Part IV, Jerusalem
‘Chapel of St. Helena - Crypt of the Holy Sepulchre’ Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia - David Roberts, George Croly, Louis Haghe (1842 - 1849) [source: The New York Public Library: Digital Collections]. From: Chateaubriand, François-René de - Itinerary: Part IV, Jerusalem
Chateaubriand, François-René de (1768–1848) - Voyage en Italie: a new authoritative translation
‘A View of Tivoli Looking Towards Rome’ John Warwick Smith (1749 - 1831), British [source: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection]. From: Chateaubriand, François-René de - Voyage en Italie: a new authoritative translation.
Chateaubriand, François-René de (1768–1848) - The Last of the Abencerrajes: a new English translation
‘Sala de los Abencerrajes (Alhambra)’ Recuerdos y Bellezas de España : Bajo la Real Proteccion de ... la Reina y el Rey - Francisco Pí y Margall, Francisco Javier Parcerisa (p526, 1850) [source: Internet Archive Book Images]. From: Chateaubriand, François-René de - The Last of the Abencerrajes: a new English translation.
Chateaubriand, François-René de (1768–1848) - René: a new English translation
‘La Merveille, Mont St. Michel’ La Côte d'Émeraude - Spencer C A. Musson & C. Black (publisher), John Hardwicke Lewis (p261, 1912) [source: Internet Archive Book Images]. From: Chateaubriand, François-René de - René: a new English translation.
Chateaubriand, François-René de (1768–1848) - Atala: a new English translation
‘The Burial of Atala’ After Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson (French, 1767 - 1824) [source: The Getty Open Content Program]. From: Chateaubriand, François-René de - Atala: a new English translation.
Chateaubriand, François-René de (1768–1848) - Mémoires d'outre tombe: Book XXVIII
‘View of Lausanne’ Enea Vico, Clemens Agatius, c. 1543 - c. 1567 [source: The Rijksmuseum]. From: Chateaubriand, François-René de - Mémoires d'outre tombe: Book XXVIII
Chateaubriand, François-René de (1768–1848) - Mémoires d'outre tombe: Book XX
‘Le Premier Consul Franchissant le Mont Saint Bernard, Tableau de David, Musée de Versailles’ [source: Napoléon Ier et Son Temps - Roger Peyre (p13, 1888) The British Library]. From: Chateaubriand, François-René de - Mémoires d'outre tombe: Book XX
Rimbaud, Arthur (1854–1891) - Further Selected Poems: In English translation.
‘Young Girl Praying’ Julia Margaret Cameron (British, born India, 1815 - 1879) [source: Getty Open Content Program]. From: The Sisters of Charity (Les Soeurs de Charité). Rimbaud, Arthur - Further Selected Poems: In English translation.
Kline, A. S. (b.1947) - Voyage To Modernity: A Study of the poetry of Charles Baudelaire
‘Jeune Orpheline au Cimetière’ - Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798 - 1863) [source: The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei, 2002, Directmedia Publishing GmbH - Wikimedia Commons]. From: Kline, A. S. - Voyage To Modernity: A Study of the Poetry of Charles Baudelaire.
Kline, A. S. (b.1947) - Voyage To Modernity: A Study of the poetry of Charles Baudelaire
‘Dante et Virgile aux Enfers’ - Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798 - 1863) [source: The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei, 2002, Directmedia Publishing GmbH - Wikimedia Commons]. From: Kline, A. S. - Voyage To Modernity: A Study of the Poetry of Charles Baudelaire.
Mallarmé, Stéphane (1842–1898) - Un coup de des jamais n'abolira le hasard: A throw of the dice will never abolish chance
Gustave Doré (1832 - 1910), The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Coleridge [source: Wikimedia Commons]. From: Mallarme, Stephane - Un coup de des jamais n'abolira le hasard: A throw of the dice will never abolish chance