LEADER 02756nam 2200457 450 001 9910824765303321 005 20230808195149.0 010 $a90-04-32368-6 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004323681 035 $a(CKB)3710000000846673 035 $a(EBL)4715112 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4715112 035 $a(OCoLC)957057199$z(OCoLC)960760235 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004323681 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000846673 100 $a20161019h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aJacques Re?da $ebeing there, almost /$fby Aaron Prevots 210 1$aLeiden, Netherlands :$cBrill,$d2016. 210 4$d©2016 215 $a1 online resource (227 p.) 225 1 $aCollection Monographique Rodopi en Litte?rature Franc?aise Contemporaine,$x0169-0078 ;$vVolume 55 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-04-32365-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreliminary 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. 330 $aIn Jacques Réda: Being There, Almost , Aaron Prevots studies the work of this major contemporary French writer since the 1950s?poetry, novels, literary essays, short prose, jazz histories. He particularly examines Réda?s explorations of place, including how the ?world?s energy? becomes the ideal dancing partner, poetry incarnate in one?s arms. Réda embodies ?being there, almost? because he wanders with great wisdom yet renounces any glory in this metaphorical dance. He aligns us with the outer world?s rhythms and time?s passage. Fleeting waves of perception create a voluptuous, unified whole. In considering the arc of Réda?s works from 1952-2015, Aaron Prevots locates a progression from post-Baudelairean flânerie to commemoration of childhood, classical antiquity, fellow writers, jazz, physics, swing, theology, and trains. 410 0$aCollection monographique Rodopi en litte?rature franc?aise contemporaine ;$vVolume 55. 676 $a848/.91409 700 $aPrevots$b Aaron$01269855 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824765303321 996 $aJacques Re?da$94059301 997 $aUNINA