| Poetics of French Verse Contributor(s): Scott, Clive (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198159447 ISBN-13: 9780198159445 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $166.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1998 Annotation: This book explores in depth the expressive resources peculiar to French verse, first through formal discussion of its poetics and then through thirteen detailed readings of texts from the seventeenth century to the present, including La Fontaine, Chenier, Vigny, Baudelaire, Mallarme, Apollinaire, Eluard, and Cesaire. At the same time, it offers a reassessment of the nature of the reading process itself, especially as it relates to verse. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - French - Poetry | European - General - Literary Criticism | Poetry |
| Dewey: 841.009 |
| LCCN: 97044994 |
| Physical Information: 1.08" H x 6.06" W x 8.74" (1.25 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book explores in depth the expressive resources peculiar to French verse, first through formal discussion of its poetics and then through thirteen detailed readings of texts from the seventeenth century to the present, including La Fontaine, Chénier, Vigny, Baudelaire, Mallarmé, Apollinaire, Éluard, and Césaire. At the same time, it offers a reassessment of the nature of the reading process itself, especially as it relates to verse. |