Donnerstag, 8. Oktober 2009

29.11.2016 - St. J. Perse2 and Library of Congress etc...


dali48 and writing books and photographing in SHA etc...
 

08.10.2009 - Interpretation of dali48       

After the defeat of France in 1940 he was abruptly suspended and went into exile - was considered a dangerous adversary by the Vichy regime, and was deprived of his French citizenship - He found refuge in Washington, where he occupied a position as literary adviser to the Library of Congress...

This international versatility, the hallmark of the great traveller - constitutes moreover one of the themes often repeated in the poet's work...

Exil (Exile), 1942, and Vents (Winds), 1946, both written in America. They constitute an imposing statement of the uninterrupted cycle of degeneration and rejuvenation - while Amers (Seamarks), 1957, celebrates the sea - the eternal dispenser of power, the first cradle of civilizations...

In truth, every creation of the mind is first of all "poetic" - in the proper sense of the word...

The mystery is common to both - And the great adventure of the poetic mind is in no way secondary to the dramatic advances of modern science... (St. J. Perse, Pres. Sp. 1960)


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