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    The Poem Itself: 150 of the Finest Modern Poets in the Original Languages
    The Poem Itself: 150 of the Finest Modern Poets in the Original Languages
    The Poem Itself: 150 of the Finest Modern Poets in the Original Languages
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    The Poem Itself: 150 of the Finest Modern Poets in the Original Languages

    By Stanley Burnshaw

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    Available again for a new generation, this classic work contains over 150 of the greatest modern French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Russian poems presented in the original languages and brilliantly illuminated by English commentaries.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUniversity of Arkansas Press
    Release dateJul 1, 1995
    ISBN9781610753081
    The Poem Itself: 150 of the Finest Modern Poets in the Original Languages

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      A wonderful bilingual anthology; my first exposure to modern poetry in French, Spanish, German, and Italian, and the one Blok poem included helped get me interested in Russian.

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