Hugo Poetry Collection

Author: [French] Victor Hugo, edited by Liu Mingjiu
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Publishing Date: 1999-05-01
Features: ★32-page paperback, published by Hebei Education Press ★Edited by Liu Mingjiu, a master of French literature studies and renowned translator, featuring classic translations by translation masters such as Li Hengji, Zhang Qiuhong, and Du Qinggang ★Rich content, including a commemorative color insert on Hugo's life ★Each volume includes annotations, making it an essential read for understanding and studying Hugo's poetry
The Hugo Poetry Collection is a 5-volume set, first published in 1999 with a single printing. Edited by the master of French literature studies and renowned translator Liu Mingjiu, with translations by masters such as Li Hengji and Zhang Qiuhong. This poetry collection includes classics such as Songs of the Lyre, Autumn Leaves, Orientales, The Voice of the Heart, and Light and Shadow, among others. It is uniquely accompanied by Hugo's paintings, rare photographs, and hand-drawn illustrations from old editions, making it highly collectible.
Victor Hugo is one of the greatest poets in French literary history. In terms of volume, the depth and breadth of his poetic creations, the brilliance of his imagery, the grandeur of his style, and the mastery of his artistry, he ranks among the few super poets in human history. During his lifetime, Hugo published 19 volumes of poetry, and six more were published posthumously, totaling approximately 220,000 lines. These works have become an immense treasure in the global poetic canon.
Hugo's poetic vision is extraordinarily vast and far-reaching, and the content of his poetry is incredibly rich and substantial. In literary history, poets are often categorized by a single genre—either epic, lyrical, or satirical—and are primarily recognized for a singular defining quality. However, Hugo's entire poetic oeuvre encompasses all genres, and each genre is so profound and substantial that it fully defines his poetic identity. It can be said that he was both the national poet of France and an epic poet for all humanity; both a social satirist of a specific historical period in the 19th century and a pure lyrical poet unbound by temporal or societal limitations.