Labyrinth of Love, The

Pierre De Ronsard, Henry Weinfield

Description

“Hailed as the Prince of Poets of the French Renaissance, Pierre de Ronsard composed a rich body of love poetry that has captivated audiences and challenged scholars for many centuries through its undulating, liquid forms and powerful metamorphic imagination. Blending oneiric fantasy and mythological profusion . . . this poetry appeals to readers steeped in the classical tradition and receptive to an esthetic of vitality and abundance rather than the brooding self-pity more characteristic of Petrarchism. This new translation captures the essence of a poetic legacy whose exuberance and emotion can still be deeply felt today.” —Eric MacPhail, author of Religious Tolerance from Renaissance to Enlightenment: Atheist's Progress
“Ronsard is a towering figure in the history of European poetry, but his work is little read these days other than in the form of single-line quotations. Henry Weinfield has made a substantial selection that reflects different aspects of Ronsard’s immense output from his earliest love-sonnets to his death-bed meditations. Translating sixteenth-century French poetry into English verse while remaining close to the original is a formidable task, but Weinfield’s sensitivity and ingenuity are equal to the challenge: he has found an idiom which both retains the flavor of the Renaissance and remains fluent and transparent to modern ears. The French text is provided on facing pages so that even those unfamiliar with early modern French will be able to explore the original. This is an important act of cultural transference that will give Ronsard’s extraordinary poetic imagination a new lease of life for readers of the twenty-first century.” —Terence Cave, Emeritus Professor of French Literature, University of Oxford, and Emeritus Research Fellow, St John's College
“First came Henry Weinfield’s irreplaceable versions of Mallarmé in 1994, and now comes a second masterpiece of translation with this new selection of Ronsard. Weinfield has a supernatural talent for rendering the most difficult poets into clear, cadenced, and beautiful English. The man is a wizard.” — Paul Auster, Editor, The Random House Book of Twentieth-Century French Poetry

Sujets

• Love
• Love (disambiguation)

Informations

• Publié par: Parlor Press, LLC
• Date de parution: 23 janvier 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781643172316
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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THE LABYRINTH OF LOVE S E L E C T E D S O N N E T S A N D O T H E R P O E M S

P I E R R E D E R O N S A R D T r a n s l a t e d a n d I n t r o d u c e d b y H e n r y W e i n f i e l d

Réàŝŝàçé à Mééà Sûéŝ

Eé by Càéŝ Rôŝŝ

Renaîssance and Medîeva Studîes Sééŝ Eô: Càéŝ Rôŝŝ, Pûûé Uéŝy

Té Réàŝŝàçé à Mééà Sûéŝ ŝééŝ ôçûŝéŝ ô éôŝ, à àŝàôŝ ô é Réàŝŝàçé à éàé. Té ŝééŝ àŝô ô- éŝ à ôûé ô ééçôç ŝbûô ô ŝûppéméày màéà ô éàç pé ôûmé ôm à ŝôy, m, à é ŝôy ô é bôô. Fô môé ômàô, péàŝé ŝ é ŝééŝ Wéb pàgé à pàôpéŝŝ.çôm/pàgéŝ/éàŝŝàçé-à-mééà-ŝûéŝ ô çôàç Pàô Péŝŝ à éô@pàôpéŝŝ.çôm.

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Te Labyrînt o Love: Seected Sonnets and Oter Poemsby Péé é Rôŝà, Tàŝàé à ïôûçé by éy Wéé Sîr Pîîp Sîdney's Arcadîa. A Réŝôàô  Côémpôày Egŝ ô é Cômpéé 1593 Eô ôTe Countess o Pembroke's Arca- dîaby Càéŝ Sàéy Rôŝŝ à Jôé B. Dàŝ, w à Eŝŝày ô Mûŝçà Ségŝ ô é Pôémŝ by Ewà Abé Pôûg (2017). Sîr Tomas Maory’s Morte Dartur.A Néw Môé Egŝ Tàŝ- àô Bàŝé ô é Wçéŝé Màûŝçp by Dôŝéy Am- ŝôg (2009). Matteo Marîa Boîardo's Orando Innamorato. Tàŝàé w à ï- ôûçô à Nôéŝ by Càéŝ Sàéy Rôŝŝ (2004).

PIERRE DE RONSARD

THE LABYRINTH OF LOVE

S e l e c t e d S o n n e t Sa n d o t h e r P o e m S

Translated and Introduced by Henry Weinfield

Parlor Press Anderson, South Carolina www.parlorpress.com

Pàô Péŝŝ C, Aéŝô, Sôû Càôà, 29621

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Côé éŝg by Dà Bàéŝéy Côé ïmàgé: “hé Càô ô Apôô” by Oô Réô. 1907. O ô pàé. hé Fzwàm Mûŝéûm, Càmbgé UK. Uŝé by pémŝŝô Pé ô àç-éé pàpé.

Pàô Péŝŝ, C ŝ à épéé pûbŝé ô ŝçôày à àé éŝ  p à mûméà ômàŝ. hŝ b ôô  ŝ à ààbé   pàpébàç à ébôô ômàŝ ôm Pàô Péŝŝ ô é Wô Wé Wéb à p://www.pàôpéŝŝ.çôm ô ôûg ôé à bç-à-môà bôôŝôéŝ. Fô ŝûbmŝŝô ômàô ô ô I ôû àbôû Pàô Péŝŝ pûbçàôŝ, wé ô Pàô Péŝŝ, 3015 Bàçébéy Dé, Aéŝô, Sôû Càôà, 29621, ô émà éô@pàôpéŝŝ.çôm.

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Introduction VOW Fômhe Love Poems or Cassandra ï Xï XX XXïïï XXXï XXXïï XXXVï X Xïïï XïV  ïï Vïï Vïïï ïX XVïïï XXXï XCïV CïV CXïX CXX CXXïX CXXXV CXV Cïï CX CXV CXXïï CXXïïï CXXïV CXXX CXCïï

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CXCïïï CCXXVïï CCXXïX Fômhe Love Poems or Marîe ïï ïV V Vï ïX X XïV XïX XXVïïï XXïX XXXï XïV Xïïï XVï XVïï XVïïï O é Déà ô Màé ï ïï ïïï ïV Fômhe Fîrst Book o Sonnets or Héène ïïï Vï Vïï ïX XXïï XXVï XXVïï XXXïïï XXXVï XXXVïïï XïV  ïïï X

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Fômhe Second Book O Sonnets For Héène  143 ï143 XXVï145 Xï147 Xïï149 Xïïï151 XïX153 XV155 XXV157 Eégy  159 Dŝçôûŝé ô é Mŝéy ô héŝé Tméŝ  165 Eégy ô Pppé Déŝpôéŝ ô Càéŝ  193 àŝ Véŝéŝ  203 ï203 ïï205 ïïï207 ïV209 V211 Vï213

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Dûg é mày yéàŝ  wç ï àé béé ôé  àŝàg Rôŝà, ï àé béé àé à ŝûŝàé by à ûmbé ô éŝ, çôéàgûéŝ, à ŝûôŝ. ï àm gàéû ô é Nàôà Eôwmé ô é Aŝ, wç àwàé mé à éôwŝp  àŝàô ô 2018/2019 à éàbé mé ô àé mé ô ôm my éàçg ûéŝ à é Uéŝy ô Nôé Dàmé à bg ŝ pôjéç çôŝé ô ûô. A à éày ŝàgé ô é pôjéç, é àçé ô JôA Déà Néà ô é Nôé Dàmé Féç Dépàmé pôé éxéméy épû. Rôbé Gôûg, à ŝôà ô ŝçéçé  my ômé épàmé à Nôé Dàmé, é Pôgàm ô béà Sûéŝ, épé çày ô mé é Réàŝŝàçé àûé ô é péûm àŝ  émégéŝ  Rôŝà’ŝ Sôé XXXï ô Càŝŝàà. ï’m éy gàéû ô m, àŝ ï àm àŝô ô my é à çôéàgûé  é épàmé, Séé Fàô, wô wàŝ àwàyŝ wg ô àé mé ô ôm ŝ àbôŝ ô Mô ô éà à éŝpô ô my àŝàôŝ, à ô Dà O’Côô ô Nôé Dàmé’ŝ Pôŝôpy Dépàmé, wô éà my ïôûçô w é méçûôûŝ çàé à àçûy é bgŝ ô béà ô wéŝ àŝ éŝé àŝ Pàô à Sééy. A ï’m éépy gàéû ô Kày Sçégé ô é Nôé Dàmé Càŝŝçŝ Dépàmé, w wôm ï çôàbôàé à ûmbé ô yéàŝ àgô ô à àŝàô ô éŝô: ŝé éà à ô éŝé àŝàôŝ àŝ éy émégé, à é àppéçàô à ŝûppô ŝûŝ- àé my çôéçé  é pôjéç. Rçà Gôô ô é Uéŝy ô Wŝçôŝ Féç Dé- pàmé, wôŝé wg ô MààmÉ wàŝ à ŝôg ûéçé ô my g à qûàé ô à çéûy àgô wé ï wàŝ wôg é géà Symbôŝ pôé, gééôûŝy à wàmy éŝpôé ô my ïôûç- ô. Té éàé ççŝm ï éçéé ôm my é Rçà Sé ô é Uéŝy ô Cçàgô Egŝ Dépàmé, bô ô é ï- ôûçô à ô my àŝàô ô Rôŝà’ŝ égy “Dŝçôûŝé

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ô é Mŝéy ô Téŝé Tméŝ,” wàŝ bàçg à éxéméy épû. ï àm éépy gàéû ô m, àŝ ï àm ô my éŝ Nômà Fé- ŝé à Sûà ébmà ô é éŝpôŝéŝ ô é àŝàôŝ, à ô my wé, Jôyçé Bôç, wô, ôûg ô àwàyŝ é géàéŝ à ô Rôŝà’ŝ éàzàôŝ ô wômé, wàŝ wg ô ŝûŝpé é à- ô ô é ŝàé ô é ûŝbà’ŝ mméŝô  Rôŝà’ŝ pôéy. ï àm gàéû ô Càéŝ Rôŝŝ, é éô ô Pàô Péŝŝ’ŝ Ré- àŝŝàçé à Mééà Sééŝ, bô ô ŝ béé  é àûé ô éŝé àŝàôŝ à ô ŝ épû çômméŝ ô é ïôûç- ô. A ï wôû é ô à Tééçé Càé, Eméûŝ Pôéŝŝô ô Féç éàûé à Oxô, ô ŝ éxàôày gééôŝy à ô ŝ wgéŝŝ ô éé ô ŝçûŝŝôŝ àbôû é éàŝ ô - ûà pôémŝ. ï ŝ ô çûŝômày ô ôé àŝàô ô éxé gàûé ô à- ôé, bû ï wôû é ô ŝày à ï àm ŝôgy ébé ô Màçôm Qûàô à Ezàbé Véŝôç, wôŝé ŝûpéb pôŝé àŝàôŝ ô Rôŝà wéé ô éômôûŝ ép ô mé. Véŝé-àŝàô ŝ à ôŝé ô à éé çôô, bû éé ŝôû bé ô ŝàmé  àçôwégg à ôé àŝ béé ûéçé à gûé by é wô ô ôŝé wô àé gôé béôé. My géàéŝ éb ŝ ô my é à çôéàgûé  é Nôé Dàmé Féç Dépàmé, Aà Tôûmàyà. Wééé ï à çôm- péé à à ô à pàçûà àŝàô, ï wôû ôç ô ŝ ôô  Déçô à (bô ô ûŝ à ôçéŝ ô é  ôô), à ô màé ôw bûŝy é wàŝ, é wàŝ àwàyŝ wg ô éŝpô, àmôŝ mméàéy, ô my àbôŝ à qûééŝ. ï çàmé ô éy ô ŝ pô- ôgçà ŝŝ, ŝ éép ôwégé ô Féç éàûé, ŝ éxçéé jûgmé, à ŝ éxàôày éŝŝ. My éôŝ à àgŝ àé à my ôw, bû ï ôpé à éŝé àŝàôŝ àé  ŝômé wày wôy ô é àéô é àŝé ô ém.

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Téé ô é àŝàôŝ ômLes Amours de Cassandre, Sôé XXXVï (“ï é ŝàmé wày, Pôébûŝ, yôû ûŝé ô béwà”), Sô- é XïV (“ï’ gày bé ïxô ô ŝ wéé”), à Sôé Cïï (“Bôw-éyé Môô, gôéŝŝ wôŝé çôà-bàç ôŝéŝ”), wéé -