A study of Maurice Sc ve's sequence of love poems, the D lie - the first French canzoniere. There are two main themes: Sc ve's rendering of the intensity and complexity of the human experience of love, and secondly, his exploitation of the European tradition of love poetry. Dr Coleman tackles broad issues concerning appreciation of poetry, and more particularly, difficult poetry. Comparing individual poems by Horace, Sc ve and Mallarm , she pinpoints...