In this Book

buy this book Buy This Book in Print
summary
According 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 interlocutors are almost always reduced to anonymity. In this book, Rigolot analyzes the poet's multiple strategies of dialogue, capturing his conversations with a surprising range of people--from biblical figures and ancient Greek and Roman authors to artists as diverse as Dante and Shakespeare, Chateaubriand and Hugo, Audubon, Whitman, Poe, Baudelaire, Verne, Mallarme, Gaughin, Rimbaud, Loti, Claudel, Valery, Segalen, and Braque.

Table of Contents

restricted access Download Full Book
  1. Cover
  2. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Title Page, Copyright Page
  2. pp. 1-6
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Contents
  2. pp. 7-8
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Acknowledgements
  2. pp. 9-10
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 11-18
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Chapter 1. The Paradoxical Praises of Eloges
  2. pp. 19-42
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Chapter 2. La Gloire Des Rois and the Weighty Dynasty of King Light
  2. pp. 43-60
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Chapter 3. Revisionary Republics: Anabase
  2. pp. 61-88
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Chapter 4. The Imaginary Atlas of Exil
  2. pp. 89-103
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Chapter 5. A Poetics of the New World: Pluies
  2. pp. 104-119
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Chapter 6. Neiges and the Snows of Yesteryear
  2. pp. 120-129
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Chapter 7. Poème À L'etrangère: Love Letter and Goggle
  2. pp. 130-143
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Chapter 8. Vents: an American Epic of Leaves and Grass
  2. pp. 144-161
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Chapter 9. The Textual Seas of Amers
  2. pp. 162-175
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Chapter 10. Chronique and the Staircase of Elders
  2. pp. 176-186
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Chapter 11. Oiseaux: from Audubon to Braque and Beyond
  2. pp. 187-200
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Chapter 12. Precarious Eternity: Chant Pour Un Èquinoxe
  2. pp. 201-218
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Chapter 13. Genealogical Rêveries: Saint-John Perse's Autobiography
  2. pp. 219-240
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Conclusion
  2. pp. 241-246
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 247-256
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Index
  2. pp. 257-268
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
Back To Top

This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Without cookies your experience may not be seamless.