Earth and mind : dreaming, writing, being : nine contemporary French poets - Yves Bonnefoy, Jacqueline Risset, Salah Stétié, Venus Khoury-Ghata, Tahar Ben Jelloun, André Velter, Marie-Claire Bancquart, Jean-Claude Pins

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bishop, Michael, 1938- author.

Series:

Chiasma 44.

Chiasma, 1380-7811 ; volume 44

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French poetry--20th century--History and criticism.

French poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (154 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill Rodopi, [2018]

Summary:

In Earth and Mind : Dreaming, Writing, Being Michael Bishop examines the very recent work of nine major contemporary French and Francophone writers : Yves Bonnefoy, Jacqueline Risset, Salah Stétié, Vénus Khoury-Ghata, Tahar Ben Jelloun, André Velter, Marie-Claire Bancquart, Jean-Claude Pinson and Jacques Dupin. The issue of writing’s complex relation to the experience of the earth is of central pertinence, involving questions of dreaming, voice, figurativity, emotion, desire, revolt, metaphysics, meaning, poiein and being. Discussion entails close reading of works as well as broad contextualisation and a sensitivity to interrelevancies from writer to writer. Bishop’s book is intended as a companion to his 2014 Dystopie et poïein, agnose et reconnaissance. Seize études sur la poésie française et francophone contemporaine .

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright Page

Dedication

Foreword

Bibliographical Note

Yves Bonnefoy, La Grande Ourse: Voice, Consciousness, Presence, Naming 1

Jacqueline Risset, Les Instants: Epiphany, (Un)groundedness, Trial, Desire 21

Salah Stétié, L’Être: Embodiment, Void, Unfiguredness, Uraeus 40

Vénus Khoury-Ghata, Le Livre des Suppliques: Hauntedness, Vigilance, Fable, Circularity 55

Tahar Ben Jelloun, Que la Blessure se Ferme: Light, Love, Passion, Paradox 71

André Velter, L’amour Extrême: Absoluteness, Relativity, Fury, Marvel 91

Marie-Claire Bancquart, Tracé du Vivant: Primordiality, Rites, Question, Rebirth 105

Jean-Claude Pinson, Alphabet Cyrillique: Dailiness, Autobiopoiesis, Freedom, Resistance 119

Jacques Dupin, Le Grésil: Ubac and Adret, Individuation and Pleroma 133

A Few Closing Remarks 142

Back Matter

Select Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Related Work:

Supplement to: Bishop, Michael, 1938- Dystopie et poïein, agnose et reconnaissance.

ISBN:

90-04-36776-4

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004367760 DOI