Jacques R da: Being There, Almost (Collection Monographique Rodopi En Litt rature Fran aise Contemporaine) (Collection Monographique Rodopi En Litt rature Fran aise Contemporaine, 55)

Prevots, Aaron

ISBN 10: 9004323651 / ISBN 13: 9789004323650

Published by Brill Academic Pub, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Jacques R da: Being There, Almost (Collection Monographique Rodopi En Litt rature Fran aise Contemporaine) (Collection Monographique Rodopi En Litt rature Fran aise Contemporaine, 55)
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004323651
• ISBN 13: 9789004323650
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

In Jacques Réda: Being There, Almost, Aaron Prevots studies the work of this major contemporary French writer since the 1950s―poetry, novels, literary essays, short prose, jazz histories. He particularly examines Réda’s explorations of place, including how the ‘world’s energy’ becomes the ideal dancing partner, poetry incarnate in one’s arms.
Réda embodies ‘being there, almost’ because he wanders with great wisdom yet renounces any glory in this metaphorical dance. He aligns us with the outer world’s rhythms and time’s passage. Fleeting waves of perception create a voluptuous, unified whole. In considering the arc of Réda’s works from 1952-2015, Aaron Prevots locates a progression from post-Baudelairean flânerie to commemoration of childhood, classical antiquity, fellow writers, jazz, physics, swing, theology, and trains.

About the Author

Aaron Prevots, Ph.D. (2002), Southwestern University, is Associate Professor of French at the same university. He has published translations and many articles on French poetry, including Jacques Réda’s Return to Calm (Host, 2007) and Thirteen Songs of Dark Love (VVV, 2008).