French Lyric Poetry: An Anthology, by Frank S. Giese and Warren F. Wilder, The Odyssey Press, Inc. Copyright 1965
Almost all of French poetry from before 1500 to about 1900 fell regularly into one or another of the general patterns described here. Most of the verse written before 1900 which will be encountered by the general reader will be regular in this sense; and with a basic knowledge of what constitutes regularity, readers will be better able to identify and evaluate the exceptional.
French Lyric Poetry: An Anthology, by Frank S. Giese and Warren F. Wilder, The Odyssey Press, Inc. Copyright 1965 To make room for the newer poets without stretching our volume beyond manageable size, we have had to cut drastically from earlier periods. The principal victim of our editorial scissors is "classicism" of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, which is not represented except by André Chénier. Deplorable as this may seem (and we have some regrets), it does no serious injustice to the period, whose verse, whatever its virtues, was not in reality lyric. And our consolation is that if the book were to be three times its actual size, our choice would have been no easier.
French Lyric Poetry: An Anthology, by Frank S. Giese and Warren F. Wilder, The Odyssey Press, Inc. Copyright 1965 She said that was just it. If the past is always swept under the rug, our stories hushed up, our claims denied, ignored, the wound stays open. Never heals. The next generation is born into that injury and carries it on. The one way to begin healing is for all of us to be honest with each other. Put our truth on the table, drag it into the light. Pain festers in the shadows.
Susan Power, Sacred Wilderness How far was her policy at fault? How far were the qualities and defects of her character involved? How far was she the victim of uncontrollable circumstances? Should we, perhaps, echo the indulgent verdict of Henry IV, who said, 'What more could one poor woman, with a handful of children, do?'
IV. The Close of the Religious Wars, in The Age of Catherine de Medici by J.E. Neale, original publication date 1943 by Jonathan Cape Ltd., London The war went excellently for Catherine de Medici: it eliminated all her generals! Anthony of Navarre was killed – a marvellous stroke of luck for her, and good riddance from almost every point of view; one of the Triumvirs was killed; the Duke of Guise, another of the Triumvirs, was assassinated; and the third Triumvir, the Constable Montmorency, was captured. On the Huguenot side Condé was captured. One might say that Catherine had had the devil's own luck. All she had to do to end the war was to let the two captives, Montmorency and Condé, negotiate the terms; and being captives, they were good peacemakers.
III. Massacre of St. Bartholomew, in The Age of Catherine de Medici by J.E. Neale, original publication date 1943 by Jonathan Cape Ltd., London |
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