Selected Poems of Ren Char by Rene Char (English) Paperback Book

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"This is a fine, bilingual edition of the works of one of the great French Surrealists... The translations, by several hands, serve Char well-full of insinuating rhythms and unusual verbal couplings, they come close to the piercing beauty of the originals." -Pat Monaghan, Booklist

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The Selected Poems of Rene Char is a comprehensive, bilingual overview reflecting the poet's wide stylistic and philosophical range, from aphorism to dramatic lyricism. In making their selections, the editors have chosen the voices of seventeen poets and translators (Paul Auster, Samuel Beckett, Cid Corman, Eugene Jolas, W.S. Merwin, William Carlos Williams, and James Wright, to name a few), in homage to a writer long held in highest esteem by the literary avant-garde.

Author Biography

Rene Char (1907-88) is acknowledged as one of the greatest French poets of all time. His work speaks in tones both universal and grounded in his native Provence, where during World War II he commanded the Resistance maquis. Originally allied with the Surrealists, his poems afterward evolved from the "fury and mystery" of the war period to his later existential and metaphysical reflections. His poems are violent and tender, passionate and cool, massive and of small scope-at once local and cosmic. The Selected Poems of Rene Char is a comprehensive, bilingual overview reflecting the poet's wide stylistic and philosophical range, from aphorism to dramatic lyricism. In making their selections, the editors have chosen the voices of seventeen poets and translators (Paul Auster, Samuel Beckett, Cid Corman, Eugene Jolas, W.S. Merwin, William Carlos Williams, and James Wright, to name a few), in homage to a writer long held in highest esteem by the literary avant-garde. Mary Ann Caws is a Distinguished Professor of French, English, and Comparative Literature at the Graduate School of the City Univeristy of New York. The former co-director of the Henri Peyre French Institute and an officer of the Plames Academique, Caws has lectured all over the world and is the author or editor of more than twenty books. Tina Jolas was a translator and ethnologist. She was the wife of the poet Andre du Bouchet and the companion ofRene Char.

Details ISBN0811211924 Author Tina Jolas Pages 141 Publisher New Directions Publishing Corporation Language English ISBN-10 0811211924 ISBN-13 9780811211925 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 841.912 Year 1992 Short Title SEL POEMS Residence FR Birth 1907 Death 1988 Translator Mary Ann Caws DOI 10.1604/9780811211925 UK Release Date 1992-04-17 Imprint New Directions Publishing Corporation Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 1992-06-22 NZ Release Date 1992-06-22 US Release Date 1992-06-22 Publication Date 1992-06-22 Edited by Tina Jolas Audience Undergraduate We've got this

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