Cover of Le Ton beau de Marot

Le Ton beau de Marot

In Praise of the Music of Language

by Douglas R. Hofstadter

1997 632 pages eng

Not Merely a set of translations of one poem, Le Ton beau de Marot is an autobiographical essay, a love letter to the French language, a series of musings on life, loss, and death, a sweet bouquet of stirring poetry - but most of all, it celebrates the limitless creativity fired by a passion for the…

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