Poeticized Language : The Foundations of Contemporary French Poetry

Steven (Univeristy of Wisconsin) Winspur

ISBN 10: 0271018135 / ISBN 13: 9780271018133

Published by Pennsylvania State University Press Jul 1999, 1999

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Neuware - An in-depth English language introduction to the main trends in 20th-century French poetry. It analyzes the innovations crafted by more than 50 writers, including Apollinaire, Eluard, the Oulipians, the spacialists, Yves Bonnefoy, Max Jacob, Saint-John Perse and Denis Roche.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Poeticized Language : The Foundations of Contemporary French Poetry
• Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press Jul 1999
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0271018135
• ISBN 13: 9780271018133
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 152H x 20D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 20 millimeters depth
• Weight: 426 grams

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Synopsis

Contemporary French poetry is unique in that it places a great emphasis on language itself. In this book, Jean-Jacques Thomas and Steven Winspur focus on the linguistic aspects of recent poems written in French. From Apollinaire and Eluard to the Oulipians, from the spacialists to Yves Bonnefoy and Andrée Chedid, from Max Jacob and Saint-John Perse to Edouard Glissant and Denis Roche, this book analyzes the innovations crafted by more than fifty writers. With its eleven chapters and extensive bibliography, this is the most comprehensive English-language introduction to French poetry of the twentieth century.

About the Authors

Jean-Jacques Thomas is Professor of Romance Studies, Literature, and Linguistics at Duke University. He is the author of several books, including Jacques Roubad (1997) and La Langue Volée (1989).

Steven Winspur is Professor of French at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and is the author of Bernard Noël (1991) and Saint-John Perse and the Imaginary Reader (1988).