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Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze
[I]The idea was to make publisher James Laughlin think there was a massive Laforgue craze all across America,
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I seem to remember the reports over here in Europe in the 1970s: Americans in the streets, at rodeos, in baseball stadiums, etc. who suddenly started reciting French poetry in unison. Those were the days.
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Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze
[I]Les Fleurs du Mal's an excellent choice -- far better than Poe, and I happen to love Poe! Who's next, Jules Laforgue?
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My original idea was to make a multilingual version of the
Fleurs du Mal (inspired, of course, by Jellby’s
Divina Commedia), but unfortunately none of the English translations are PD yet outside of the US. So I’ve settled for the complete French works, for now.
Laforgue? Perhaps when it’s trending on Twitter again.