Evariste-Desire De Parny, 'Le Paradis Perdu': 20 (Modern Humanities Research Association. Critical Texts; Mhra) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0947623906 ISBN 13: 9780947623906

Publisher: Modern Humanities Research Association, 2009

Synopsis

Evariste-Désiré de Parny, though largely forgotten now, was well known in the nineteenth century for his lyric poems, especially the Poésies Erotiques (1778-81), and the prose-poems in Chansons Madécasses (1787). He also wrote much humorous verse, including the anti-religious La Guerre des Dieux (1799) and Le Paradis perdu (1805). The latter is a parody of Milton's Paradise Lost in four relatively short cantos. It gives a central place to the War in Heaven, casting Satan as a revolutionary. It is highly entertaining in itself, and also an important example of parody as critical response to an original text.

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Review

‘Robertson’s authorship of a volume on mock epic, including Parny’s, and Seth’s extensive work on the poet make them an ideal editorial team for this volume.’ — Derek Connon, Modern Language Review 105.4, 2010, 1159-60 

‘it is particularly interesting to have this careful, commentated and annotated edition of Parny's ironical, erotic and witty version of the Fall.’ — Angus Martin, New Zealand Journal of French Studies 31.1, 2010, 46-47

Edition details

• Publisher: Modern Humanities Research Association
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: French
• ISBN 10: 0947623906
• ISBN 13: 9780947623906
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 102
• Editor: Robertson Ritchie, Seth Catriona