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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9781436713382
ISBN: 1436713382
Label: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 284
Publication Date: June 13, 2008
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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It is unfortunate that we must at times label our giants with little tags and thus diminish their true presence. In the case of Apollinaire, the surrealist label is presumably warranted, as the man seemed content enough with the definition. But to emphasize the surreal too much in Apollinaire's poetry is to look for the Paris cafe crowd with bizarre hats, and miss out on the melancholy wisdom of the soldier. Processions, oh, processions... Century, oh, century of clouds... Finally lies frighten me ... Read More
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Although I'm not sure it'll be of interest to anyone other than myself,Guillaume Apollinaire was the poet/lit.critic who first jump-started my interest in Surrealism and French writing. If you have any interest in the above, or in world poetry in general, Apollinaire's writing is indispensible. For not only did he play an influential role in founding several important artistic and literary movements of the twentieth century (surrealism, dadaism, automatic writing and cubism)he was a talented poet whose ... Read More
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EAN: 9781436713382
ISBN: 1436713382
Label: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 284
Publication Date: June 13, 2008
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Studio: Kessinger Publishing, LLC