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Loading... La rage de l'expression (edition 1976)by Francis Ponge
Work InformationMute Objects of Expression by Francis Ponge
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Although the author disclaims the the notion that the subject of the book is the creative process, the way that Ponge displays his re-thinking of the object and the image of the object is a new inspiration for me to write in a new way. Ponge illuminates the nature of poetry and nature, the poet and nature, the poet in nature. The book is also quite beautiful.. ( ) no reviews | add a review
Francis Ponge boldly proclaims his poetic goal in Mute Objects of Expression: "To accept the challenge that objects offer to language." These objects—less chosen than received spontaneously—are perceived with inimitable Pongean humor and rendered into glimmering still lifes. He gives voice to the often unnoticed aspects of natural objects and beings. Shunning familiar poetic modes, Ponge forges new visions, images drawn from nature, from mythology and the classics. In this volume, springing from the Loire countryside in the early 1940s, Ponge’s "prôems" recall the violent perfume of the mimosa, the cries of carnations, and the flirtations of wasps. From a small note- book, his sole supply of paper withinthe wartime deprivations, he composes repeated drafts of an innovative form combining poetry with analysis and impish play. Despite the demoralizing clouds of Occupation, Ponge wrests a soaring paean to his beloved sliver of Provence. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)841.914Literature French French poetry 1900- 1900-1999, 20th century 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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