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Orphism In The Poetry Of Blaise Cendrars, Howard Nitzberg
Orphism In The Poetry Of Blaise Cendrars, Howard Nitzberg
Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
The story of Orpheus has undergone numerous changes in religion and poetry throughout the ages. My essay on Blaise Cendrars is the first study of him in an orphie context. He does not transpose the Orpheus myth directly. Rather, Cendrars contributes to the story of modern orphie poetry by the personal expression he gives to certain orphie concepts and themes. His poetic vision consists of the exploration of his being, the primacy of subjectivity, and the autonomy of the thought processes. Although Cendrars is usually considered an avant-garde poet of the early twentieth century, this article demonstrates that he can …
Cendrars's Variegated Poetic Persona: Seduction And Authenticity In Prose Of The Transsiberian And Nineteen Elastic Poems, Everett F. Jacobus Jr.
Cendrars's Variegated Poetic Persona: Seduction And Authenticity In Prose Of The Transsiberian And Nineteen Elastic Poems, Everett F. Jacobus Jr.
Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
Since Cendrars recognizes the protean nature of his personal and public self, it is not surprising that the persona of his poetry escapes easy definition. My essay studies the consequences of this fact on the relationship between the poetic persona and his reader. Seduction, set against a Freudian and transactional-analysis conceptual background, provides a methodological metaphor for my analysis. In the same way that for Freud the real event of seduction only becomes psychologically effective as a fantasy and eventually as a structural pattern for the male-female relationship, our use of the seduction metaphor takes an initial naïve event between …