Six French Poets of Our Time: A Critical and Historical Study

by Robert W. Greene

Book Overview

During the last sixty to seventy years avant-garde poetry in France has evolved in two directions: one toward poetry conceived as a means to an end, the other toward poetry as an end in itself. Focusing on Pierre Reverdy, Francis Ponge, Ren Char, Andr du Bouchet, Jacques Dupin, and Marcelin Pleynet as the modern French poets who most faithfully reflect these directions, Robert Greene's chronological study allows us to follow the two-pronged evolution...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691614210
• ISBN13: 9780691614212
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"