Jacques Réda

Being There, Almost
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-90-04-32365-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 55, 220 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 452 g

Reihe: Collection Monographique Rodopi en Littérature Française Contemporaine

In Jacques Réda: Being There, Almost, Aaron Prevots studies the work of this major contemporary French writer since the 1950s—poetry, novels, literary essays, short prose, jazz histories. He particularly examines Réda’s explorations of place, including how the ‘world’s energy’ becomes the ideal dancing partner, poetry incarnate in one’s arms.

Réda embodies ‘being there, almost’ because he wanders with great wisdom yet renounces any glory in this metaphorical dance. He aligns us with the outer world’s rhythms and time’s passage. Fleeting waves of perception create a voluptuous, unified whole. In considering the arc of Réda’s works from 1952-2015, Aaron Prevots locates a progression from post-Baudelairean flânerie to commemoration of childhood, classical antiquity, fellow writers, jazz, physics, swing, theology, and trains.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Prevots, Aaron

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Prosaautoren
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The World’s Sweep, Breadth, and Spark
1. Early Prose and Poetry: Toward an Expansive Voice
2. Writing Travel: Poetic Circulation
3. Trains and Circulation: Amplified ‘Phenomenal Flow’
4. Youth Past and Present: Prismatic Childhood Identity
5. The Poet as Music Critic: Swing and Jazz
6. ‘Floating Bridges’: Ancient and Modern Influences
Conclusion: Being There, Almost
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Aaron Prevots, Ph.D. (2002), Southwestern University, is Associate Professor of French at the same university. He has published translations and many articles on French poetry, including Jacques Réda’s Return to Calm (Host, 2007) and Thirteen Songs of Dark Love (VVV, 2008).