Twelfth-century France has been described as the key to many of the most important developments of medieval civilization. Nowhere is this description more accurate than in the domain of poetic invention. The years 1050 to 1200 witnessed the development of a brilliant body of ver…
Examines the work of a range of early 20th century French poets including Cendrars, Apollinaire, Perse and Supervielle, in order to indicate the reading strategies needed to do justice to free verse's rhythmic versatility.
We are still a long way from knowing how to read the rhythms of free verse, a poetry which has been largely neglected by metrical theory. Clive Scott's readable and scholarly study indicates the strategies of reading needed if justice is to be done to free verse's rhythmic versa…
What is the public value of poetry? How do poets envisage their own role and function within society? How do we? Do poets seek to shape public opinion and behaviour? Should they? Or do they offer alternatives, perhaps sacred alternatives, to political and religious ideologies? A…
What is the public value of poetry? How do poets envisage their own role and function within society? How do we? Do poets seek to shape public opinion and behaviour? Should they? Or do they offer alternatives, perhaps sacred alternatives, to political and religious ideologies? A…
What is the public value of poetry? How do poets envisage their own role and function within society? How do we? Do poets seek to shape public opinion and behaviour? Should they? Or do they offer alternatives—perhaps sacred alternatives—to political and religious ideologies? Are…
'Unacknowledged Legislators' presents a detailed history of the theory and practice of French poetry from 1750 through to the end of the Romantic period. Focusing on five major writers of the period, it demonstrates how the figure of the poet as lawgiver was central to the theor…
Les Poèmes saturniens (1866) sont le chef d'œuvre d'un jeune homme de vingt-deux ans aux prises avec lʹinfluence maligne de la mélancolie. Des "sanglots longs de l'automne" au "rêve étrange et pénétrant", Verlaine nous fait voyager dans des paysages qui sont autant de sensations…