Vers l’image aveugle : George Oppen et l’usage de la lumière

This article means to discuss the question of light in George Oppen’s poetry, quite independently of the images built within the poems. It is a paradoxical endeavour, and should only be seen as an exercise in approaching such an otherwise concrete poetry, known for its emphasis on the visible world....

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Main Author: Xavier Kalck
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Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherche "Texte et Critique de Texte" 2013-12-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/sillagescritiques/3411
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description This article means to discuss the question of light in George Oppen’s poetry, quite independently of the images built within the poems. It is a paradoxical endeavour, and should only be seen as an exercise in approaching such an otherwise concrete poetry, known for its emphasis on the visible world. Yet, let us assume there is some merit to this detour, inasmuch as it will allow us to show how eminently reflexive and abstract George Oppen’s poetry is, and that it ought not to be read only when in search of serial and local perceptions.
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Vers l’image aveugle : George Oppen et l’usage de la lumière
Sillages Critiques
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photography
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George Oppen
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title Vers l’image aveugle : George Oppen et l’usage de la lumière
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poetry
photography
modernism
George Oppen
awe
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