Paul Verlaine

Paul Verlaine

By Stefan Zweig
Michael Caine
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Length1h 32m

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The works of great artists are silent books of eternal truths. And thus it is indelibly written in the face of Balzac, as Rodin has graven it, that the beauty of the creative gesture is wild, unwilling and painful. He has shown that great creative gifts do not mean fulness and giving out of abundance. On the contrary the expression is that of one who seeks help and strives to emancipate himself. A child when afraid thrusts out his arms, and those that are falling hold out the hand to passers-by for aid; similarly, creative artists project their sorrows and joys and all their sudden pain which is greater than their own strength. They hold them out like a net with which to ensnare, like a rope by which to escape. Like beggars on the street weighed down with misery and want, they give their words to passers-by. Each syllable gives relief because they thus project their own life into that of strangers. Their fortune and misfortune, their rejoicing and complaint, too heavy for them, are sown in the destiny of others—man and woman. The fertilizing germ is planted at this moment which is simultaneously painful.

Audiobook details

GenreFairy Tales and Folklore
Length1 hr 32 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 27, 2015
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Introduction
5THE PENITENT
2PRELUDE
6LEGENDS AND LITERATURE
3CONCERNING “POOR LELIAN”[1]
7POSTLUDE
4THE RIMBAUD EPISODE
8ART POÉTIQUE

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