{"product_id":"paul-claudel-s-five-great-odes","title":"Paul Claudel’s “Five Great Odes”","description":"\u003cp\u003eLauren Butler Bergier provides an accurate   and poetic English translation of Paul Claudel’s \u003ci\u003eCinq Grandes\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eOdes \u003c\/i\u003e(1907),   with detailed commentary introducing Claudel’s style, his sources, and the   poems’ historical context. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA seminal text in European   literature, this long-awaited critical translation makes available Claudel’s   beautiful and edifying poems that speak   to doubt and to faith, to love, to grief, and to hope. To great effect,   Bergier retains Claudel’s innovative \u003ci\u003everset\u003c\/i\u003e   structure, affording English readers a true sense of the poems which, with   corresponding line numbers throughout, can be read alongside the original   French folio edition.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this volume’s comprehensive   introduction, Bergier presents the historical and scholarly context in which   Claudel was writing; the importance of the \u003ci\u003everset\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eclaudelien \u003c\/i\u003eto   the history of French poetics; and the influence Claudel had on theologians   such as 20th-century Swiss theologian, Hans Urs von Balthasar.   Further providing commentary, each \u003ci\u003eOde \u003c\/i\u003eis   also accompanied by an essay. These essays not only speak to the main themes   of each poem, but also point to Claudel’s key sources of inspiration, from   liturgical texts and the Bible to classical literature, philosophy, and 19th-century   French poetry.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a preface and postface by   distinguished philosophers, Jean-Luc Marion and Rémi Brague, as well as a new   translation of Claudel’s essay, ‘Processional to greet the new century’, this   volume has everything scholars and students need to enjoy, and moreover,   truly understand Claudel’s poetic masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55774472208728,"sku":"9781350434349","price":97.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781350434349_eb41ec54-3f26-4e55-932e-8e5c29a1089f.jpg?v=1778013924","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/paul-claudel-s-five-great-odes","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}