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Francis Ponge
There are three reasons why this book, the first on Ponge published in Britain, is neither chronological nor generic. First, the volumes Ponge has published gather texts covering a wide period. Second, as Ponge points out, 'poetry' and 'theory' are often inseparable in his work. Third, the suppositions and aims underlying Ponge's work have remained consistent from earliest days. The particular forms their expression has taken have evolved, and different aspects have at different times been uppermost; yet Ponge's texts often contain echoes of, or references to, earlier texts, and no one manner has ever supplanted any other. For concision as well as coherence, this is a synthetic thematic study (taking technique as a theme in this respect), indicating developments or variations under the different thematic heads, preceded by a brief narrative sketch of Ponge's life and work.
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The Nature of Things
Poetry. Translated from the French by Lee Fahnestock. First published in 1942 and considered the keystone of Francis Ponge's work, Le parti pris de choses appears here in its entirety. It reveals his preoccupation with nature and its metaphoric transformation through the creative ambiguity of language. "My immediate reaction to Lee Fahnenstock's translation was: this must certainly be 'Ponge's voice in English'...[She] gives us his tones, rhythms, humor...[and] maneuvers his word play with respect and unostentatious discretion"--Barbara Wright, translator of Queneau, Pinget, Sarraute.
Selected Poems
"Through translations by two major contemporary poets and a scholar intimate with the Ponge canon, this volume offers selections of mostly earlier poetry - Le parti pris des choses, Pieces, Proemes, and Nouveau nouveau recueil - as representative of the strongest work of this modern French master."--Jacket
Francis Ponge and the Nature of Things
One of the most significant French poets of the twentieth century--Francis Ponge--is treated in this study. The fundamental role of atomistic philosophy in Ponge's writings, especially as expressed in Lucretius's De Rerum Natura is discussed. Meadows is the first author to examine Ponge's writings in a book-length study.
The Art Criticism of Francis Ponge
This study of Francis Ponge's essays on contemporary artists (L'Atelier contemporain) attempts to broaden the popular view of the author as a poet of objects. It explores Ponge's perception of art criticism as an inherently problematic genre and exposes the inhibitions surrounding the production of the essays. The study demonstrates how Ponge's essays on artists parallel developments in his other works. They are seen as instrumental in his movement towards open texts and a stress on the creative process itself, as well as opportunities to reaffirm his philosophical and aesthetic stance.
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In this work, begun during the German occupation, the eminent French poet and philosopher began to turn away from the small, perfect poem toward a much more open form, a kind of prose poem that recounted its own process of coming into being along with the final result.
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Mute Objects of Expression
Ponge sings of the birds and the bees. A monumental work.
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