The Nature of Things by Francis Ponge

The Nature of Things by Francis Ponge

Original Title: The Nature of Things ISBN: 0873760808 ISBN13: 9780873760805 Autor: Francis Ponge/Lee Fahnestock (Translator) Rating: 3.4 of 5 stars (2689) counts Original Format: Paperback, 52 pages

Download Format: PDF, FB2, MOBI, MP3. Published: September 1st 1995 / by Red Dust / (first published 1967) Language: English Genre(s): Poetry- 43 users Cultural >France- 5 users European Literature >French Literature- 3 users

Description: 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.

About Author:

Francis Jean Gaston Alfred Ponge was a French essayist and poet. Influenced by surrealism, he developed a form of prose poem, minutely examining everyday objects.

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