Philippe Jaccottet's poetry is meditative, immediate and sensuous.
It is rooted in the Drome region of south-east France, which gives
it a rich sense of place. This book brings together his reflections
on landscape in the prose pieces of Beauregard (1980) and in the
poems of Under Clouded Skies (1983), two thematically linked
collections which are remarkable for their lyrical restraint and
quiet power. Jaccottet's poetry is largely grounded in landscape
and the visual world, pursuing an anxious and persistent
questioning of natural signs, meticulously conveyed in a syntax of
great inventiveness. His work is animated by a fascination with the
visible world from which he translates visual objects into verbal
images and ultimately into figures of language. His poems are
highly attentive, pushing the eye beyond what it sees, enacting a
rich hesitation between meaning conferred and meaning withheld.
Poetry Book Society Recommended Translation. French-English
bilingual edition.
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