Reading the rhythm : the poetics of French free verse, 1910-1930 /

Examines the work of a range of early 20th century French poets including Cendrars, Apollinaire, Perse and Supervielle, in order to indicate the reading strategies needed to do justice to free verse's rhythmic versatility.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Scott, Clive, 1943-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford [England] : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1993.
Subjects:	French poetry > 20th century > History and criticism. French language > 20th century > Versification. Free verse > History and criticism. Poésie française > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique. Français (Langue) > 20e siècle > Versification. Vers libre > Histoire et critique. Free verse. French language > Versification. French poetry. Freier Vers Französisch Vrij vers. Frans. Französisch. 1900-1999 Geschichte 1910-1930. French poetry Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:

1. Introductory Reflections on Rhythm and Metre
2. Saint-John Perse, Eloges (1911): The Prosody of Boundary
3. Blaise Cendrars, Prose du Transsiberien et de la petite Jeanne de France (1913): The Prosody of Locomotion
4. Guillaume Apollinaire, Calligrammes (1918): The Prosody of the Visual
5. Blaise Cendrars, Dix-neuf poemes elastiques (1919): The Prosody of Orphism
6. Blaise Cendrars, Documentaires (1924): The Prosody of Photography
7. Jules Supervielle, Gravitations (1925/1932): The Prosody of Displacement
8. Pierre Reverdy, Sources du vent (1929): The Prosody of Cubism
App. I: Glossary of Technical Terms
App. II: Full Texts of Poems Analysed.