This varied selection of poems by one of France's best-loved and most reviled poets is presented with facing originals, detailed notes, and a lively introduction to the author's life and work. More than 80 poems are presented and taken from his earliest poetic publications of the 1820s to collections published during his exile and works published in the years following Hugo's death in 1883.
Author Biography
Victor Hugo was a 19th-century novelist, poet, playwright, dramatist, essayist, and statesman. Stephen Monte is a translation theorist and studies 19th- and 20th-century French and American poetry.
