A legend of 19th century French Canadian poetry, Émile Nelligan was only 16 when he fell under the influence of Baudelaire and Rimbaud and began writing taut, confidently surrealistic poems, shot through self-lacerating melancholy. Translating Nelligan’s “essential” poems, along with a sharp introduction contextualizing his legacy as one of the “first poets to write openly about suicide, neurosis, and psychological breakdown,” Marc di Saverio has given us a rivetingly fresh version of Nelligan for a new generation.
- ISBN10 1550654837
- ISBN13 9781550654837
- Publish Date 1 April 2018
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint Vehicule Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 140
- Language English