Toward a new poetics : contemporary writing in France : interviews, with an introduction and translated texts

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Toward a new poetics : contemporary writing in France : interviews, with an introduction and translated texts

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contemporary writing in France : interviews, with an introduction and translated texts

Statement of responsibility

by Serge Gavronsky

Creator

• Gavronsky, Serge

Subject

• Frans
• French literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism | Theory, etc
• Authors, French -- 20th century -- Interviews
• Poetics
• Letterkunde

Genre

• Interviews

Language

• engfre
• fre
• eng

Summary

"A quiet revolution is taking place in avant-garde French poetry and prose. In this collection of twelve interviews with some of France's most important poets and writers, Serge Gavronsky introduces American readers to these exciting new developments. As Gavronsky explains, a neolyricism is now replacing the formalism of the 1960s, '70s, and '80s. In his substantial introduction, Gavronsky notes how the ideological definition of writing (ecriture) has given way to more open forms of writing. Human experiences of the most ordinary kinds are finding a place in the text. These interviews offer a view of the poets' and writers' creative processes and range over such topics as current literary theory, the impact of American poetry in France, and the place of feminism in contemporary French writing. Each interview is accompanied by samples of the writer's work in French and in Gavronsky's English translations. Toward a New Poetics provides a highly informative cultural and critical perspective on contemporary writing in France, introducing us to works which are now transforming the idea of literature itself"--From the publisher

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DLC

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Language note

English and French

LC call number

PQ305

LC item number

.G39 1994

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography