Famed as France's greatest love poet, this new selection reveals Ronsard as a true Renaissance figure, his poetic theme ranging from politics, science and philosophy, to the bawdy and risque. He revolutionized the tradition of French poetry in the sixteenth century and was translated by Sylvia Plath, and illustrated by Henri Matisse in the twentieth: Ronsard is one of the most innovative and diverse voices in the history of European poetry.
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