The Revolting Body of Poetry

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-90-04-32447-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 36, 198 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 449 g

Reihe: Chiasma

If the transgressions of modern French poetry have been amply noted at thematic and formal levels, they remain largely unremarked at the most visceral level of reading. Indebted to, while problematizing the Kristevan concept of sémiotique, Scott Shinabargar’s The Revolting Body of Poetry reveals how the very “matter” of key works forces us to enact these transgressions, when articulating textures of offensive lexica and imagery. While certain phonemes provide access to previously untapped forces, first apparent in Baudelaire and Lautréamont, compulsive repetitions produce expressive inflation, diffusing any initial impact. Césaire and Char, however, demonstrate an acquired control of these forces, intensity contained. Shinabargar concludes with a survey of contemporary poets, inviting readers to consider the legacy of revolting poetics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shinabargar, Scott

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Overview
Introduction
Part I: Revolutions
1 La diction du mal: Baudelaire
2 An Exaggerated Scale of Evil: Lautréamont
Part II: Revolitions
3 Grounding Force: Césaire
4 In the Wind’s Gold: Char
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Scott Shinabargar is an associate professor and chair at Winthrop University. He has previously published on Vigny, Leconte de Lisle, Breton, Michaux, and Jaccottet, among others.