Paul Verlaine

Samuel N. Rosenberg was a literary scholar and translator of French poetry of the Middle Ages and the nineteenth century. He was Professor Emeritus of French at Indiana University and edited and translated numerous works, including Robert the Devil and Robert de Reims: Songs and Motets, both published by Penn State University Press.  Nicolas Valazza is Associate Professor of French at Indiana University. His research focuses on nineteenth-century literature.

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface / Nicolas Valazza

Translator’s Note / Samuel N. Rosenberg

Chronology



Part 1: The Parnassian Years

First Poems

From Poèmes saturniens [Saturnine Poems]

From Les Amies [Girlfriends]

From Fêtes galantes [Gallant Festivities]

Poems Contemporaneous with Poèmes saturniens, Les Amies,

and Fêtes galantes

From La Bonne Chanson [The Good Song]



Part 2: Under the Spell of Rimbaud

First Encounters

From Album zutique

From Romances sans paroles [Songs Without Words]

Poems Contemporaneous with Romances sans paroles

After the Shooting



Part 3: From Prison to Conversion

In Prison (Poems from Cellulairement [Cellularly] and

Other Poems)

After the Conversion (Poems from Sagesse [Wisdom]

and Other Poems)

From Amour [Love] and Other Poems

From Bonheur [Happiness]

From Liturgies intimes [Intimate Liturgies]



Part 4: The Last Years

From Dédicaces [Dedications]

From Chansons pour Elle [Songs for Her]

From Odes en son honneur [Odes in Her Honor] and Élégies

From Dans les limbes [In Limbo]

In England (1893)

From Épigrammes [Epigrams]

From Invectives [Invective]

From Chair [Flesh]

From Biblio-sonnets

Late Uncollected Poems



Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index of Titles and First Lines

Index of Proper Nouns