This volume contains Ronsard's Abrege de l'art poetique francais, together with a selection of prefaces from editions of his works.[...]
Ronsard is considered one of France's greatest love poets, yet his poetic achievements are not restricted to his verses of love, wine and nature. A true Renaissance figure, his themes ranged from politics, science and philsophy, to the bawdy and risque. Using Greco-Roman and Italian poetic models, a[...]