Forged Genealogies: Saint-John Perse's Conversations with CultureAccording to Carol Rigolot, reading the work of Nobel Prize-winning poet Saint-John Perse (1887-1975) is not unlike eavesdropping on a telephone conversation in which only one side is audible. His poems are antiphonal, and even polyphonic, works where int |
Contents
THE PARADOXICAL PRAISES OF ELOGES | 19 |
LA GLOIRE DBS ROIS AND THE WEIGHTY DYNASTY OF KING LIGHT | 43 |
REVISIONARY REPUBLICS ANABASE | 61 |
THE IMAGINARY ATLAS OF EXIL | 89 |
A POETICS OF THE NEW WORLD PLUIES | 104 |
NEIGES AND THE SNOWS OF YESTERYEAR | 120 |
POEME A LETRANGERE LOVE LETTER AND GOGGLE | 130 |
VENTS AN AMERICAN EPIC OF LEAVES AND GRASS | 144 |
CHRONIQUE AND THE STAIRCASE OF ELDERS | 176 |
OISEAUX FROM AUDUBON TO BRAQUE AND BEYOND | 187 |
PRECARIOUS ETERNITY CHANT POUR UN EQUINOXE | 201 |
GENEALOGICAL REVERIES SAINTJOHN PERSES AUTOBIOGRAPHY | 219 |
CONCLUSION | 241 |
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THE TEXTUAL SEAS OF AMERS | 162 |
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