Описание: Reading Apollinaires Calligrammes examines Guillaume Apollinaires 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 poets personal history, from his affair with Louise de Coligny-Ch tillon to his engagement to Madeleine Pag s 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.
