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One of the foremost poets of the French Resistance, Rene Char has
been hailed by Donald Revell as "the conscience of modern French
poetry." Translated by Mark Hutchinson, The Inventors is a
companion volume to Char's critically acclaimed Hypnos. It gathers
more than forty poems that represent a cross-section of Char's
mature work, spanning from 1936 to 1988. All three genres of Char's
work are represented here: verse poems, prose poems, and the
abrupt, lapidary propositions for which he is best known. These
maxima sententia combine the terseness of La Rochefoucauld with the
probing and sometimes riddling character of the fragments of
Heraclitus. The Inventors includes a brief introduction to Char's
life and work, as well as a series of notes on the backstories of
the works, which explain allusions that may not be immediately
familiar to the English-speaking reader. These new translations
stay true to the originals, while at the same time conveying much
of the music and beauty of the French poems. Praise for Rene Char
"Char, I believe, is a poet who will tower over twentieth-century
French poetry."-George Steiner
Char is regarded as one of the most important modern French poets.
Admired by Heidegger for the profundity of his poetic philosophy,
he was also a hero of the French Resistance. Associated with the
surrealist movement, he wrote poetry which confronts the major
twentieth century moral, political, and artistic concerns with a
simplicity of vision and expression that owes much to the
poet-philosophers of ancient Greece.
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Hypnos (Paperback)
Rene Char; Translated by Mark Hutchinson
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Now in paperback, Rene Char's Hypnos is both a remarkable work of
literature and a document of unique significance in the history of
the French Resistance. Hailed by the poet Paul Eluard as an
"absolute masterpiece" upon its first appearance in 1946, Rene
Char's Hypnos is both a remarkable work of literature and a
document of unique significance in the history of the French
Resistance. Based on a journal Char kept during his time in the
Maquis, it ranges in style from abrupt and sometimes enigmatic
reflections, in which the poet seeks to establish compass bearings
in the darkness of Occupied France, to narrative descriptions that
throw into vivid relief the dramatic and often tragic nature of the
issues he had to confront as the head of his Resistance network. A
tribute to the individual men and women who fought at his side,
this volume is also a meditation on the white magic of poetry and a
celebration of the power of beauty to combat terror and transform
our lives. Translated into German by Paul Celan and into Italian by
Vittorio Sereni, the book has never been carried over into English
with the attention to style and detail that it deserves. Published
in full here for the first time, this long-awaited new translation
does justice at last to the incandescence and pathos of the
original French.
Title: The Wife of Two Husbands, a musical drama, in three acts. As
performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane. By J. Cobb, etc. (Taken
from "La Femme a deux maris," by Guilbert de Pixere court
sic].)Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe
British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It
is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150
million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals,
newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and
much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along
with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and
historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The POETRY &
DRAMA collection includes books from the British Library digitised
by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and changing role of
literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian
verse. Containing many classic works from important dramatists and
poets, this collection has something for every lover of the stage
and verse. ++++The below data was compiled from various
identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.
This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure
edition identification: ++++ British Library Guilbert de pixe re
court, Rene Charles; 1803. 8 . 11779.g.45.
Title: The Wife of Two Husbands, a musical drama, in three acts. As
performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane. By J. Cobb, etc. (Taken
from "La Femme a deux maris," by Guilbert de Pixere court
sic].).Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe
British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It
is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150
million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals,
newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and
much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along
with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and
historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The POETRY &
DRAMA collection includes books from the British Library digitised
by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and changing role of
literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian
verse. Containing many classic works from important dramatists and
poets, this collection has something for every lover of the stage
and verse. ++++The below data was compiled from various
identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.
This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure
edition identification: ++++ British Library Guilbert de pixe re
court, Rene Charles.; Cobb, James; 1803. 96 p.; 8 . 11779.g.44.
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