Fargue Leon - Paul - Vulturnus - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Nearly 100 years later a landmark post - Symbolist poem receives its first English translation When published in 1928, Vulturnus represented a new direction in L on - Paul Fargue's writing: a shift from the lyrical post - Symbolist melancholy of his early poetry to something more grandiose dynamic and cosmic. This long prose poem weaves together philosophical dialogue metaphysical meditation and mournful reminiscence delivered in a language that spirals into scientific terminology and Rabelaisian neologism. Jolted into a nightmare aboard a long - distance train journey the author finds himself on a voyage that takes him from his hometown to other existences accompanied by the fanfare of the planets and two companions Pierre Pellegrin and Joseph Ausudre who guide him to a terrestrial paradise in quest of a moment of eternity. This first English translation finally introduces an essential yet underrecognized 20th - century voice and includes an essay on the text by Ren Daumal who declares that Vulturnus suffocates me with its obviousness I see behind Fargue the great frame of Doctor Faustroll. L on - Paul Fargue (1876 1947) was a French Symbolist poet and essayist. He was a preeminent figure of the Parisian art scene and counted Marcel Proust and Maurice Ravel among his friends. Walter Benjamin called him the greatest living poet in France.
Title: Vulturnus
Author(s): Fargue Leon - Paul
Publisher: Wakefield Press
Barcode: 9781939663924
Pages: 88 Pages, 1 Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 3/19/2024
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction