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[JBI]

Does anyone think we should move on - or perhaps punch Leopardi a bit more - any takers?


Edit:

The voted book was the Oxford World Classics translation of Paul Verlaine's selected poems: http://www.amazon.com/Selected-Poems...9067180&sr=8-1

Feel free to join the discussion which begins on page 5.

[Quark]

Are you taking nominations yet, JBI, or are you just testing the waters to see if there's any interest? I'd post to a new Poetry Bookclub, if it got started, but I don't know how others feel.

[quasimodo1]

Leopardi, while not entirely played out, has had enough exposure. I propose we move on to Bishop, Moore or Gertrude Stein since they have not been disucssed much and are, more or less, from the same era. q1

[quasimodo1]

--- Gertrude Stein "Selections"

[Alexander III]

I would be up for Leopardi, fortunately I speak Italian so I would have the pleasure of reading him as was written.

If we are making nominations I would like to nominate Rimbaud, who has not received much exposure on the forums.

[The Comedian]

I'd be up for a new author to discuss -- I just couldn't get into the Leopardi discussion going on for some reason.

[JBI]

I would be up for Leopardi, fortunately I speak Italian so I would have the pleasure of reading him as was written.

If we are making nominations I would like to nominate Rimbaud, who has not received much exposure on the forums.

That was last times, the thread is still there, feel free to post on it!

Alright, lets say nominations? now? each person give two.

[Alexander III]

Changed

[JBI]

1) Rimbaud
2) Shelley

Not to reject your nomination, but I would just like to remind people the goal is to get exposure to not usually discussed poets, whereas Rimbaud and Shelley already have active threads on them. Still, nominations are welcome.

I'll put mine up now I guess.

http://www.amazon.com/Book-Songs-Anc...8000959&sr=8-1


This one is available online and in versions of the collected poems, but I would like to nominate to focus things on the Quartets.
http://www.amazon.com/Four-Quartets-...8001008&sr=1-1

[Alexander III]

I agree with you that Shelley has been frequently discussed on the forums as all english romantics, Rimbaud on the other hand has very little discussion around him, the entire french Symbolist movement is a fascinating one which sets the stage for modernism yet on these forums it seems obscure.

Thus in light of your post I shall change my nominations to

1) Verlaine
2)Baudelaire


They are major components of french symbolism and are worthy of a read, they should also be a nice change of pace from Leopardi's depressive romanticism

[JBI]

Alright, though Baudelaire seems just as haunted Though there is no reason to change unless you feel these ones will be better for discussion. I don't wish to discourage people from nominating.

[quasimodo1]

Medbh McGuckian, a contemporary Irish poet who writes great poetry both in English and Gaelic is worth consideration, a real sleeper who is extemely accomplished. The collection "On Ballycastle Beech" would be my recommendation.

[mayneverhave]

Yes, sorry for my prolonged absence from the Leopardi poetry thread. I was slightly busy. But now I've graduated so I'll have more free time to indulge.

I'll nominate:

Fernando Pessoa
Wallace Stevens

[stlukesguild]

Well... considering the interest in French poets such as Baudelaire and Rimbaud, why not look to some of their less-well-known (at least among English-speaking readers) peers?

I'll nominate:

Gérard de Nerval
Paul Verlaine
Stéphane Mallarmé

[quasimodo1]

So far JBI, the list... Elizabeth Bishop / Marianne Moore / Gertrude Stein / Rimbaud / Shelly / Paul Verlaine / Baudelaire / Medbh McGuckian / Fernando Pessoa / Wallace Stevens / Gerard de Nerval / Stephen Mallarme' ... ---