Transparence of the World
Throughout WWII, French poet Jean Follain wrote poems that revisit the provinces of personal and cultural history. His quietly phrased, brief devotions are -described as "miniatures," yet are monumental, capturing the pressure of history upon daily moments. By reducing the world to its small objects, every detail, every image becomes imbued with meaning.\ This bilingual volume, celebrating the centennial of Jean Follain’s birth, is translated by W.S. Merwin, who writes in his introduction:...
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A bilingual edition celebrating the centennial of Follain's birth, translated by one of America's great poets.Publishers WeeklyThe indefatigable W.S. Merwin, who won the Howard S. Landon Award from the Academy of American Poets for last year's translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, here moves into 20th-century French, with Transparence of the World, a selection of poems by deceptively limpid French lyric poet Jean Follain (1903-1971). Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
PrefaceVoluntary Mutilation3Landscape of a Child on His Way to the Place of the Regents5Appeal to the Red-Haired Soldiers7Death of a Ferret9Father and Daughter11Last Judgment13The Women Who Sew Livery15The Song of the Dragoon17Imperial Evenings19Free Growths21Preview of Death23Evenings of Ink25Dusk27Signs for Travellers29Speech Alone31The Beast33The Pyramid35Dawn37Housewives39The Barn-Owl41Existence43Matter45The Theater of Tableaux Vivants47The Useful49The Silence51Asia53The Secret55Domestic Life57The School and Nature59Death61The Egg63October Thoughts65The Students' Dog67The Plate69Humans71The Books and Love73Tragic Winter75Fraternities77Conspiracy79Life81The Woman and the Child in Costume83Wall85Trials87Cadences89The Voices91End of a Century93Another Time95Meal97The Evening Suit99Hollow Daydream101Show103The Square105Underground Palace107Couple109Signs111Eve113Exile115Black Meat117Imperial Hamlet119Solitaries121World's End123The Tragic in Time125Thief127About the Author129About the Translator131
\ Publishers WeeklyThe indefatigable W.S. Merwin, who won the Howard S. Landon Award from the Academy of American Poets for last year's translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, here moves into 20th-century French, with Transparence of the World, a selection of poems by deceptively limpid French lyric poet Jean Follain (1903-1971). Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.\ \
