{"product_id":"fe-lines-french-cat-poems-through-the-ages-hardback-9780252039584","title":"Fe-Lines; French Cat Poems Through the Ages (Hardback) 9780252039584","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFe-Lines\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrench Cat Poems Through the Ages\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNorman R Shapiro (Author), Olga Pastuchiv (Illustrated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780252039584\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 October 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e384 pages, 194 line drawings\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 2.5 cm, 0.88 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Norman Shapiro, a flute, harp, and violoncello of cat song, tells the crafty musical tale of the cat from medieval France until today. Shapiro, at his artistic apogee, created an English masterpiece in his \u003ci\u003eSelected Lyrics of ThÉophile Gautier\u003c\/i\u003e. But now with his \u003ci\u003eFe-Lines\u003c\/i\u003e, he has invented a new genre, as T. S. Eliot did with \u003ci\u003eOld Possum's Book of Practical Cats\u003c\/i\u003e. The world is his pen. Who knows where the next Everest awaits him?\"--Willis Barnstone, author of \u003ci\u003eMoonbook and Sunbook\u003c\/i\u003e \"What makes a cat poem appealing to the reader? One of the salient features that I took from \u003ci\u003eFe-Lines\u003c\/i\u003e is the constant desire to finish a poem with a 'menschliche Weisheit' (human insight of wisdom) that activates the reader's imagination and keeps the reader inside the movement of the poem. A major contribution to the field of letters and world literature.\"--Rainer Schulte, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Geography of Translation and Interpretation: Traveling between Languages\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“With beautiful illustrations and poems of every age and form, this book will please everyone (except dog lovers).”--\u003ci\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe French have long had a love affair with the cat, expressed through centuries of poetry portraying the animal's wit and wonder. \u003cp\u003eNorman R. Shapiro lionizes the feline's limitless allure in this one-of-a-kind collection. Spanning centuries and styles, he draws on she-cats and toms, and an honor roll of French poets, well known and lesser known, who have served as their devoted champions. He reveals the remarkable range of French cat poems, with most works presented here for the first time in English translation. Scrupulously devoted to evoking the meaning and music of the originals, Shapiro also respects the works' formal structures. Pairing Shapiro's translations with Olga Pastuchiv's elegant illustrations, \u003ci\u003eFe-Lines\u003c\/i\u003e guides the reader through the marvels and inscrutabilities of the \u003ci\u003eMystique fÉline\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52520663613720,"sku":"9780252039584","price":99.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/fe-lines-french-cat-poems-through-the-ages-hardback-9780252039584","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}