Le Parti Pris Des Choses Suivi De Proêmes by Francis Ponge
suivi de Proêmes
A compact collection of prose-poems that turns meticulous attention to everyday objects into a mode of philosophical and linguistic inquiry: ordinary things—an orange, a stone, soap, a mirror—are described with forensic precision and playful diction so that description itself becomes a creative act. The pieces blur prose and poetry, testing how exact language can both reveal and complicate material reality, resisting abstraction while unpacking etymology, texture, and the politics of perception. Through concentrated, tactile images and rhythmic sentence-making, the work elevates the mundane into occasions for thought, wonder, and renewed attention to the world’s particulars.
- Published
- 1942
- Nationality
- French
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- Unknown
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- Original Language
- French
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