Just published
(February 2013)
Throughout his life Saint-John Perse consulted all kinds of dictionaries, as we can see from his poetic language. Studying his idiolect allows us to penetrate the intertextual substratum from which his work emerges, the history and ideas that shaped it. Explorations like the ones in this volume allow us to view some of the traditional areas of Saint-John Perse scholarship through the lenses of syntax, vocabulary, grammar, figures of speech, and specialized lexicons from which the poet drew. Other topics include the ideology of language as well as the presence of Creole and other languages in Saint-John Perse’s poetry. HONORÉ CHAMPION EDITION Catherine Mayaux, Professor of French and Francophone Literature at the University of Cergy-Pontoise, specializes in contemporary poetry, including Saint-John Perse about whom she has published extensively. She is co-editor, with Henriette Levillain, of the Saint-John Perse dictionary, also forthcoming from Honoré Champion. To Order Visit our catalog and order online : www.honorechampion.com Or write to Honoré Champion – 3 rue Corneille F-75006 Paris
Proceedings of the symposium held at the University of Cergy-Pontoise, November 2009 Edited by Catherine Mayaux
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In the series LEXICA – WORDS AND DICTIONARIES
Under the direction of Bernard Quemada and Jean Pruvost
No 25., 168 pp. ISBN 978-2-7453-2533-4. 35 €
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