Böser Dämon oder komischer Alter, raffinierter Geschäftsmann oder Gefangener eines zwanghaft wirkenden Verhaltensmusters, Repräsentant frühbürgerlicher Lebenswelt oder reine Verkörperung eines zeitlosen Aspekts der menschlichen Natur – die schillernde Figur der Geizigen hat Anlaß zu all diesen Deutungen gegeben, und die Möglichkeiten der Aneignungen von Molières großer Komödie sind damit sicher noch nicht erschöpft.
New Translations With Parallel French Text By Martin Sorrell
Verlaine ranks alongside Baudelaire, Mallarme, and Rimbaud as one of the most influential poets of late nineteenth-century France. Remarkable not only for his exquisitely crafted verse, Verlaine is also the poet of strong emotions and appetites, with an unrivalled gift for the sheer music of poetry, and an inventive approach to its technique. This bilingual edition provides the most comprehensive selection of his poetry yet, offering some 170 poems in lively and fresh translations. It also offers a lucid introduction which illuminates Verlaine's poetic form within the context of French Impressionism and the poetry of sensation."