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André du Bouchet
Poetic Forms of Attention
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In André du Bouchet: Poetic Forms of Attention, Emma Wagstaff provides the first book-length study in English of this major poet of the second half of the twentieth century. She shows how Du Bouchetâs rigorous and innovative creative and critical writing advances our understanding of attention.
Du Bouchet is known as a post-war poet of the natural world and the space of the page. Far from just a solitary writer, however, he engaged with others through his work as editor, critic, and translator, and his involvement in the protests of May 1968. Emma Wagstaff shows how his writing demonstrates nuanced attention to language, time, nature, and art, and incites a âslowâ response on the part of the reader.
Du Bouchet is known as a post-war poet of the natural world and the space of the page. Far from just a solitary writer, however, he engaged with others through his work as editor, critic, and translator, and his involvement in the protests of May 1968. Emma Wagstaff shows how his writing demonstrates nuanced attention to language, time, nature, and art, and incites a âslowâ response on the part of the reader.
Emma Wagstaff, Ph.D. (2003), University of Cambridge, is Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Birmingham. She has published on modern and contemporary French poetry, translation, and links between literature and art, including Provisionality and the Poem (Rodopi, 2006).
âThis studyâs author establishes an intriguing closeness to and slight distance from her peers, grounding her arguments in recent criticism while indicating where she is inclined to agree or disagree. [â¦] we continually learn essentials about Du Bouchet while entering as possible the mindset corresponding to specific works and to his overall poetic project. [â¦] The critical apparatus offers a reliable guide, as does the laudable overall intentionality. The author communicates to a broad audience, structures the study meaningfully as regards primary sources, shows with precision how texts shape perception, progresses toward examination of art writing (134â55) and the process of life writing (158â92), consistently incorporates important thinkers and academics, and provides English translations at all junctures. The diverse analyses concerning awareness of form, attentiveness to time, and appreciation for people and things in the outer world are compelling. This monograph of lasting value facilitates access to Du Bouchetâs writings and eloquently demonstrates his oeuvreâs ongoing relevance.â
- Aaron Prevost, French Review, May 2022.
- Aaron Prevost, French Review, May 2022.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Du Bouchet and his Poetic Context
2 Du Bouchetâs Contributions to the Review lâÃphémère
â1ââLâÃphémère and the Twentieth-Century French Literary Review
â2ââLâÃphémère and
â3ââ« Sous les pavés, la plage » Notes du [ ] mai 1968â
â4âThe Form of lâÃphémère
3 Poetry and Pauses
â1âThe Material World
â2âTime in the Texts
â3âForms of Temporal Attention
â4ââSoutiré à un futurâ
4 Tensions and Translation
â1âForeignness and Relation
â2ââNotes sur la traductionâ
â3ââLit de neigeâ
5 Criticism and Slowness
â1 âDu Bouchet critic
â2âArt Writing
â3âDu Bouchetâs Slow Art Writing
â4 âDe plusieurs déchirements dans les parages de la peinture
6 A Life Writing
â1âAutobiography and Projects
â2âRewriting the Carnets
â3âRewriting Published Texts
â4ââà lâarrêtâ
Conclusion
â1 âA Note on Translation
â2âPoetryâs Role?
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Du Bouchet and his Poetic Context
2 Du Bouchetâs Contributions to the Review lâÃphémère
â1ââLâÃphémère and the Twentieth-Century French Literary Review
â2ââLâÃphémère and
â3ââ« Sous les pavés, la plage » Notes du [ ] mai 1968â
â4âThe Form of lâÃphémère
3 Poetry and Pauses
â1âThe Material World
â2âTime in the Texts
â3âForms of Temporal Attention
â4ââSoutiré à un futurâ
4 Tensions and Translation
â1âForeignness and Relation
â2ââNotes sur la traductionâ
â3ââLit de neigeâ
5 Criticism and Slowness
â1 âDu Bouchet critic
â2âArt Writing
â3âDu Bouchetâs Slow Art Writing
â4 âDe plusieurs déchirements dans les parages de la peinture
6 A Life Writing
â1âAutobiography and Projects
â2âRewriting the Carnets
â3âRewriting Published Texts
â4ââà lâarrêtâ
Conclusion
â1 âA Note on Translation
â2âPoetryâs Role?
Bibliography
Index
Specialists in modern poetry and in French literature, (post-graduate) students of French poetry, and scholars and students from various disciplines interested in theories of attention.