Beckett, Samuel: Collected Poems in English and French (Paperback)

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This was an interesting collection. However, not for the reason you might surmise. The strength in this collection relies heavily on the poems that Beckett wrote in French as well as those he translated. His poems in English leave much to be desired. Nevertheless, a decent collection and one wort...

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The book is divided into three sections--Beckett's English poems, Beckett's French poems (a few translated by the author himself; the remainder in French alone), and poems by French authors translated by Beckett. Beckett's poetry doesn't really "cut it" for me. It lacks the rhythms of favorite po...

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I would like my love to die and the rain to be raining on the graveyard and on me walking the streets mourning her who thought she loved meThis is a triumph, a whirlwind , an elegance of emotional acuity brocaded in jaw dropping language. He drifts from idiom into the pastoral. He reflects into r...

from jonfaith

I would like my love to die and the rain to be raining on the graveyard and on me walking the streets mourning her who thought she loved meThis is a triumph, a whirlwind , an elegance of emotional acuity brocaded in jaw dropping language. He drifts from idiom into the pastoral. He reflects into r...