02756nam 2200457 450 991082476530332120230808195149.090-04-32368-610.1163/9789004323681(CKB)3710000000846673(EBL)4715112(MiAaPQ)EBC4715112(OCoLC)957057199(OCoLC)960760235(nllekb)BRILL9789004323681(EXLCZ)99371000000084667320161019h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierJacques Réda being there, almost /by Aaron PrevotsLeiden, Netherlands :Brill,2016.©20161 online resource (227 p.)Collection Monographique Rodopi en Littérature Française Contemporaine,0169-0078 ;Volume 55Description based upon print version of record.90-04-32365-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preliminary Material -- Introduction: The World’s Sweep, Breadth, and Spark -- 1 Early Prose and Poetry: Toward an Expansive Voice -- 2 Writing Travel: Poetic Circulation -- 3 Trains and Circulation: Amplified ‘Phenomenal Flow’ -- 4 Youth Past and Present: Prismatic Childhood Identity -- 5 The Poet as Music Critic: Swing and Jazz -- 6 ‘Floating Bridges’: Ancient and Modern Influences -- Conclusion: Being There, Almost -- Bibliography -- Index of Names.In Jacques Réda: Being There, Almost , Aaron Prevots studies the work of this major contemporary French writer since the 1950s—poetry, novels, literary essays, short prose, jazz histories. He particularly examines Réda’s explorations of place, including how the ‘world’s energy’ becomes the ideal dancing partner, poetry incarnate in one’s arms. Réda embodies ‘being there, almost’ because he wanders with great wisdom yet renounces any glory in this metaphorical dance. He aligns us with the outer world’s rhythms and time’s passage. Fleeting waves of perception create a voluptuous, unified whole. In considering the arc of Réda’s works from 1952-2015, Aaron Prevots locates a progression from post-Baudelairean flânerie to commemoration of childhood, classical antiquity, fellow writers, jazz, physics, swing, theology, and trains.Collection monographique Rodopi en littérature française contemporaine ;Volume 55.848/.91409Prevots Aaron1269855MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824765303321Jacques Réda4059301UNINA