The Nature of Things (French Series)
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...
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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.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780873760805 (0873760808)
Publish date: September 1st 1995
Publisher: Red Dust, Inc.
Pages no: 68
Edition language: English
Pure. Gorgeous. Prose poems about ordinary things that make them deeply interesting.
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 by Francis Ponge, Lee Fahnestock, now listed on BookLikes)