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Soap - (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics) by Francis Ponge (Paperback)

Soap - (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics) by  Francis Ponge (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In this work, begun during the German occupation, the eminent French poet and philosopher began to turn away from the small, perfect poem toward a much more open form, a kind of prose poem that recounted its own process of coming into being along with the final result.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>In this work, begun during the German occupation, the eminent French poet and philosopher began to turn away from the small, perfect poem toward a much more open form, a kind of prose poem that recounted its own process of coming into being along with the final result.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>"This text manages to be whimsical, political and philosophical all at once by behaving like its subject--soap--and slipping between modes."--Matthea Harvey, Boston Review<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Francis Ponge (b. 1899) became known in French literary circles in the wake of the First World War, but commenced his most important work during the German Occupation. His fame began to reach its present height with the respect shown him by Tel Quel in the late fifties.

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