Fauverie

Author : Pascale Petit
Publisher : Seren
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-15
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781781721698

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Fauverie by Pascale Petit Pdf

The Fauverie of this book is the big-cat house in the Jardin des Plantes zoo. But the word also evokes the Fauves, 'primitive' painters who used raw colour straight from the tube. Like The Zoo Father, Petit's acclaimed second collection, this volume has childhood trauma and a dying father at its heart, while Paris takes centre stage - a city savage as the Amazon, haunted by Aramis the black jaguar and a menagerie of wild animals. Transforming childhood horrors to ultimately mourn a lost parent, Fauverie redeems the darker forces of human nature while celebrating the ferocity and grace of endangered species. Five poems from Fauverie won the 2013 Manchester Poetry Prize and the manuscript in progress was awarded an Arts Council England Grant for the Arts. "No other British poet I am aware of can match the powerful mythic imagination of Pascale Petit." Les Murray, Times Literary Supplement Books of the Year "Pascale Petit creates forms and strategies that go beyond common knowledge of what a poem can or should do; her poetry never behaves itself or betrays itself; and contemporary British poetry is all the livelier for it." David Morley, Magma

Author : Pascale Petit
Publisher : Seren
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-18
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781781720073

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What the Water Gave Me: Poems After Frida Kahlo by Pascale Petit Pdf

What the Water Gave Me contains fifty-two poems in the voice of the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. Some of the poems are close interpretations of Kahlo's work, while others are parallels or version homages where Petit draws on her experience as a visual artist to create alternative 'paintings' with words. More than just a verse biography, this collection explores how Kahlo transformed trauma into art after the artist's near-fatal bus accident. Petit, with her vivid style, her feel for nature and her understanding of pain and redemption, fully inhabits Kahlo's world. Each poem is an evocation of 'how art works on the pain spectrum', laced with splashes of ferocious colour. 'Their apparent shared sensibility makes the ventriloquism of these poems entirely unforced, and while Kahlo's voice is subtly distinguished from Petit's own, both women have a way of taking painful, private experiences and transmuting them, through imagery, into something that has the power of folklore. They capture the unsettling spirit of Frida Kahlo and her work perfectly.' Poetry London 'No other British poet I am aware of can match the powerful mythic imagination of Pascale Petit.' Les Murray Times Literary Supplement

Author : Ralph Sarkonak
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2000-08-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781487598754

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Angelic Echoes by Ralph Sarkonak Pdf

In 1990 Hervé Guibert gained wide recognition and notoriety with the publication of "À l'ami qui ne m'a pas sauvé la vie (To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life)". This novel, one of the most famous AIDS fictions in French or any language, recounts the battle of the first-person narrator not only with AIDS but also with the medical establishment on both sides of the Atlantic. Photography critic for Le Monde from 1977-1985, Guibert was also the co-author (with Patrice Chéreau) of a film script, L'Homme Blessé, which won a César in 1984, and author of more than twenty-five books, eight of which have been translated into English. In this vibrant and unusual study, Ralph Sarkonak examines many intriguing aspects of Guibert's life and production: the connection between his books and his photography, his complex relationship with Roland Barthes and with his friend and mentor Michel Foucault (relationships that were at once literary, intellectual, and personal in each case); the ties between his writing and that of his contemporaries, including Renaud Camus, France's most prolific gay writer; and his development of an AIDS aesthetic. Using close textual analysis, Sarkonak tracks the convolutions of Guibert's particular form of life-writing, in which fact and fiction are woven into a corpus that evolves from and revolves around his preoccupations, obsessions, and relationships, including his problematic relationship with his own body, both before and after his HIV-positive diagnosis. Guibert's work is a brilliant example of the emphasis on disclosure that marks recent queer writing – in contrast to the denial and cryptic allusion that characterized much of the work by gay writers of previous generations. Yet, as Sarkonak concludes, Guibert treats the notions of falsehood and truth with a postmodern hand: as overlapping constructs rather than mutually exclusive ones – or, to use Foucault's expression, as "games with truth."

Author : Louis MacNeice
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780571299751

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Zoo by Louis MacNeice Pdf

'I go the zoo half because I like looking at the animals and half because I like looking at the people... The pleasure of dappled things, the beauty of adaptation to purpose, the glory of extravagance, classic elegance or romantic nonsense and grotesquerie - all these we get from the Zoo.' In 1938 Louis MacNeice published his second collection of poems with Faber; his 'personal essay' Modern Poetry for OUP; and Zoo, a prose commission from Michael Joseph to write an impressionistic 'guide' to the London Zoo in Regents Park. Envisioned as a breezy assignment MacNeice's Zoo inevitably became a richer endeavour, taking in side-trips to Paris and Belfast. Zoo also benefited from illustrations by the painter Nancy Sharp, with whom MacNeice had begun an affair after moving to London in 1936. This Faber Finds edition returns to circulation a delightful rarity by one of the twentieth century's most brilliant poets.

Author : Yvonne Reddick
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783031393891

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Anthropocene Poetry by Yvonne Reddick Pdf

Anthropocene Poetry: Place, Environment and Planet argues that the idea of the Anthropocene is inspiring new possibilities for poetry. It can also change the way we read and interpret poems. If environmental poetry was once viewed as linked to place, this book shows how poets are now grappling with environmental issues from the local to the planetary: climate change and the extinction crisis, nuclear weapons and waste, plastic pollution and the petroleum industry. This book intervenes in debates about culture and science, traditional poetic form and experimental ecopoetics, to show how poets are collaborating with environmental scientists and joining environmental activist movements to respond to this time of crisis. From the canonical work of Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney, to award-winning poets Alice Oswald, Pascale Petit, Kei Miller, and Karen McCarthy Woolf, this book explores major figures from the past alongside acclaimed contemporary voices. It reveals Seamus Heaney’s support for conservation causes and Ted Hughes’s astonishingly forward-thinking research on climate change; it discusses how Pascale Petit has given poetry to Extinction Rebellion and how Karen McCarthy Woolf set sail with scientists to write about plastic pollution. This book deploys research on five poetry archives in the UK, USA and Ireland, and the author’s insider insights into the commissioning processes and collaborative methods that shaped important contemporary poetry publications. Anthropocene Poetry finds that environmental poetry is flourishing in the face of ecological devastation. Such poetry speaks of the anxieties and dilemmas of our age, and searches for paths towards resilience and resistance.

Author : SleuthQuests
Publisher : SleuthQuests Press
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781629171203

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Scavenger Hunt - Paris by SleuthQuests Pdf

This book contains 50 clue-based questions that will send you on a scavenger hunt throughout the city. If you want to add a little bit of history into your travels, then you won’t want to miss this book!

Author : SleuthQuests
Publisher : KidLit-O Press
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-13
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781629171227

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Children’s Scavenger Hunt – Paris by SleuthQuests Pdf

The best way to get children excited about history is to make it fun! This book will take your child on an adventurous journey through Paris. This book contains 50 clue-based questions that will send them on a scavenger hunt through all parts of the city; each question gives them factual information about the city.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Leisure
ISBN : IND:30000088714872

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Loisir Et Société by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : French literature
ISBN : UVA:X006051764

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Nottingham French Studies by Anonim Pdf

Author : Yvonne Reddick
Publisher : Springer
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783319591773

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Ted Hughes: Environmentalist and Ecopoet by Yvonne Reddick Pdf

This book is the first book devoted entirely to Hughes as an environmental activist and writer. Drawing on the rapidly-growing interest in poetry and the environment, the book deploys insights from ecopoetics, ecocriticism and Anthropocene studies to analyse how Hughes’s poetry reflects his environmental awareness. Hughes’s understanding of environmental issues is placed within the context of twentieth-century developments in ‘green’ ideology and politics, challenging earlier scholars who have seen his work as apolitical. The unique strengths of this book lie in its combination of cutting-edge insights on ecocriticism with extensive work on the British Library’s new Ted Hughes archive. It will appeal to readers who enjoy Hughes’s work, as well as students and academics.

Author : Ana Sampson
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-17
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781529040074

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She Will Soar by Ana Sampson Pdf

A sister volume to She is Fierce this is a stunning gift book featuring 130 poems written by women. With poems from classic, well loved poets as well as innovative and bold modern voices, She Will Soar is a stunning collection and an essential addition to any bookshelf. From the ancient world right up to the present day, it includes poems on wanderlust, travel, daydreams, flights of fancy, escaping into books, tranquillity, courage, hope and resilience. From frustrated housewives to passionate activists, from servants and suffragettes to some of today’s most gifted writers, here is a bold choir of voices demanding independence and celebrating their hard-won power. Immerse yourself in poems by Carol Ann Duffy, Christina Rossetti, Stevie Smith, Sarah Crossan, Emily Dickinson, Salena Godden, Mary Jean Chan, Charly Cox, Nikita Gill, Fiona Benson, Hollie McNish and Grace Nichols to name but a few

Author : Barbara Jean Larson,Fae Brauer
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Art
ISBN : 1584657758

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The Art of Evolution by Barbara Jean Larson,Fae Brauer Pdf

A timely and stimulating collection of essays about the impact of Darwin's ideas on visual culture

Author : James McConnachie,Ruth Blackmore
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-04
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781405390262

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The Rough Guide to Paris by James McConnachie,Ruth Blackmore Pdf

Full-colour throughout, The Rough Guide to Paris is the ultimate travel guide to one of Europe's most elegant cities. With 30 years experience and our trademark 'tell it like it is' writing style Rough Guides cover all the basics with practical, on-the-ground details, as well as unmissable alternatives to the usual must-see sights. At the top of your to-pack list, and guaranteed to get you value for money, each guide also reviews the best accommodation and restaurants in all price brackets we know there are times for saving, and times for splashing out. In The Rough Guide to Paris: - Over 50 colour-coded maps featuring every listing - Area-by-area chapter highlights - New guidance for gastro-tourists - Top 5 boxes - Things not to miss section Make the most of your trip with The Rough Guide to Paris.

Author : Abhay K.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-19
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9789386432452

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Capitals by Abhay K. Pdf

A lyrical extravaganza, evocative of personal experiences and unique insights, CAPITALS embodies a medley of harmonious notes struck across the globe, resulting in the confluence of poignant imagery and soulful verse. A remarkable anthology to acquaint you intimately with the Capital cities of the world, it describes in exquisite detail their undulating terrains and pulsating lifelines and their cities beckon even the most seasoned traveller with promises of discovery. Embark on a journey like never before, as Kwame Dawes in his poem Green Boy takes you to a night in Accra when the crescendo of drums finally overcomes the gunshots, or accompany Mark Mcwatt as he drifts down memory lane in the suburbs of Georgetown, and feel the raw emotion as Salah Al Hamdani laments of what has become of Baghdad. From Abuja to Zagreb, Seoul to Sucre, Ottawa to Wellington and Reykjavik to Cape Town, leave behind the trepidations of the unknown and the comforts of home, discard the frivolities of journeying to the physical facade of a beloved city-and set out to experience the world anew, for what this book offers you is a journey for the soul.

Author : Ruth Blackmore,James McConnachie
Publisher : Rough Guides UK
Page : 1189 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2008-01-10
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781848368286

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The Rough Guide to Paris by Ruth Blackmore,James McConnachie Pdf

The Rough Guide to Paris provides accounts of the classic must-see sites like the Arc de Triomphe and the Louvre, as well as delving deeper and allowing you to discover the less clichéd and commercial side of the city, such as the atmospheric streets of the Marais. Packed with practical, perceptive reviews and hand-picked listings of bars, restaurants, accommodation and more; the authors' recommendations and expert local knowledge will inspire you to experience the best places to eat, stay and party whatever your budget. The guide provides all the info needed to explore every corner of Paris, with individually themed detailed sections; from how to keep the kids' entertained to making the most of the gay and lesbian side of Paris. Covering daytrips from the city there are sections on Disneyland Paris, the famous historical city of Versailles, beautiful Monet's Garden at Giverny and more. Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Paris.