Reading Apollinaire's Calligrammes

Willard Bohn

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 2018
• ISBN:
  9781501338328
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Literary Criticism in Poetry
• Index: Literature

Reading Apollinaire's Calligrammes examines Guillaume Apollinaire's second major collection of poetry. Composed between 1913 and 1918, the nineteen poems examined here fall into two main groups: the experimental poetry and the war poetry. They also provide glimpses of the poet's personal history, from his affair with Louise de Coligny-Châtillon to his engagement to Madeleine Pagès and his marriage with Jacqueline Kolb. Each section examines all of the previous scholarship for the work in question, provides a detailed analysis, and, in many cases, offers a new interpretation. Each poem is subjected to a meticulous line-by-line analysis in the light of current knowledge.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Halftitle Page
• Title Page
• Dedication Page
• Contents 
• List of Illustrations
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1. Revolution and Renewal
• 2. Simultaneous Exercises
• 3. Miraculous Encounters
• 4. Visual Poetry
• 5. The War Poetry
• 6. More War Poetry
• 7. Order and Adventure
• Conclusion
• Appendix
• Bibliography
• Index
• Imprint