Jacques Réda - Aaron Prevots

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Résumé :
In Jacques R?da: 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 R?da's explorations of place, including how the 'world's energy' becomes the ideal dancing partner, poetry incarnate in one's arms.
R?da 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 R?da's works from 1952-2015, Aaron Prevots locates a progression from post-Baudelairean fl?nerie to commemoration of childhood, classical antiquity, fellow writers, jazz, physics, swing, theology, and trains....

Biographie:
Aaron Prevots, Ph.D. (2002), Southwestern University, is Associate Professor of French at the same university. He has published translations and many articles on French poetry, including Jacques R?da's Return to Calm (Host, 2007) and Thirteen Songs of Dark Love (VVV, 2008).

Sommaire:
In Jacques R?da: 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 R?da's explorations of place, including how the 'world's energy' becomes the ideal dancing partner, poetry incarnate in one's arms.
R?da 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 R?da's works from 1952-2015, Aaron Prevots locates a progression from post-Baudelairean fl?nerie to commemoration of childhood, classical antiquity, fellow writers, jazz, physics, swing, theology, and trains....