Writing the Real: A Bilingual Anthology of Contemporary French Poetry

by Nina Parish (Editor), Emma Wagstaff (Editor)

Since the 1960s, poetry in French has been understood in terms of two competing searching for ‘presence’ on the one hand, ‘littéralité’ - refiguring the everyday - on the other. Contemporary forms of both are found in this anthology, from the ‘new lyricism’ of Bonhomme and Maulpoix to the refracted politics of ‘post-poetry’ in Tarkos and Gleize. The dichotomy, however, quickly breaks down and many poets refuse to be categorised in this recent publications include the interdisciplinary and collaborative work of poets such as Alferi, Chaton, Game and Macher; the focus on formal constraint in Métail and Espitallier; Portugal's exploration of the impact of new technologies. Writing the Real features 18 key contemporary French-language poets alongside English translations by leading poets and translators.

Genres: Poetry

244 pages, Paperback

Published February 1, 2017

Reviews

[Madison Sides · Rating 5 out of 5]

One step in the right direction. We need more of these poems and more of these poets! I want French poetry to be doing the same thing as American poetry, and maybe that’s selfish, but this book proves that it can be done!

[World Literature Today]

"The work is vigorous and dynamic and challenges the conventions of traditional poetry, but the collection is also inviting to those unfamiliar with the genre." - Alison Williams

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