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OverviewA close study of four French-language poets and the poetry of exile. Poetry has often been understood as a powerful vector of collective belonging. The idea that certain poets are emblematic of a national culture is one of the chief means by which literature historicizes itself, inscribes itself in a shared cultural past, and supplies modes of belonging to those who consume it. But, how does the exiled, migrant, or translingual poet complicate this narrative? For Armen Lubin, Ghérasim Luca, Edmond Jabès, and Michelle Grangaud, the practice of poetry is inseparable from a sense of restlessness or unease. Ranging across borders within and beyond the Francosphere—from Algeria, Armenia, Egypt, and Romania—this book shows how a poetic practice inflected by exile, statelessness, or non-belonging has the potential to disrupt long-held assumptions about the relation between subjects, the language they use, and the place from which they speak. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Greg KerrPublisher: UCL Press Imprint: UCL Press Weight: 0.290kg ISBN: 9781787356740ISBN 10: 1787356744 Pages: 204 Publication Date: 07 June 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Solemn attestation: illness and statelessness in Armen Lubin 2. No grounds for looking: Edmond Jabès and the questioning of the image 3. ‘Brûler les états / Brûler les étapes’: Ghérasim Luca 4. Taking leave of one’s self: Michelle Grangaud between propre and commun Conclusion IndexReviews'Clear and engaging...not only offers valuable insight into four significant poets, but also makes an important contribution to the intersection between poetry criticism and thought today.' Modern Language Review 'The striking success of Kerr's study is to have shone light on the paradoxical nature of belonging, best exploited by poetic language.' H-France Review Author InformationGreg Kerr is Lecturer in French at the University of Glasgow. His research interests lie primarily in French-language poetry from the nineteenth century onwards. He was co-editor of the Modern Languages Open special collection ‘Between borders: French-language poetry and the poetics of statelessness’ in 2019 and is the author of the monograph Dream Cities: Utopia and Prose by Poets in Nineteenth-Century France (2013). He is currently General Editor (Special Issues) for Forum for Modern Language Studies and a member of the editorial board of the Irish Journal of French Studies. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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