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The Henri Meschonnic Reader : A Poetics of Society / Marko Pajević, Andrew Eastman, John E. Joseph, Henri Meschonnic, Pier-Pascale Boulanger.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (344 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781474445962
  • 9781474445986
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 410.92 23
LOC classification:
  • P107 M47 2020
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Translators -- Introduction -- Meschonnic’s Theory of Rhythm, his Key Concepts and their Relation -- Meschonnic’s Poetics of Society -- Preliminary Remarks to this Reader -- Part 1. Critique of Rhythm -- Part 2. Poetry and Poem -- Part 3. Rhyme and Life -- Part 4. Translating -- Part 5. Modernity -- Part 6. Historicity and Society -- Glossary -- Chronological Bibliography of Meschonnic’s Books -- Name index -- Subject index
Summary: Henri Meschonnic: linguist, poet, translator, philosopher Groups texts into 6 thematic parts; each part is foregrounded by an introduction to situate and contextualize it for the reader Includes an introduction to Henry Meschonnic by John Joseph Includes an introduction to Meschonnic’s theory, concepts and poetics of society by Marko Pajevic Includes a glossary of terms, index of names and index of terminology to aid navigation and understanding Henri Meschonnic was a linguist, poet, translator of the Bible and one of the most original French thinkers of his generation. He strove throughout his career to reform the understanding of language and all that depends on it. His work has had a shaping influence on a generation of scholars and here, for the first time, a selection of these are made available in English for a new generation of linguists and philosophers of language. This Reader, featuring fourteen texts covering the core concepts and topics of Meschonnic’s theory, will enrich, enhance and challenge your understanding of language. It explores his key ideas on poetics, the poem, rhythm, discourse and his critique of the sign. Meschonnic’s vast oeuvre was continuously preoccupied with the question of a poetics of society; he constantly connected the theory of language to its practice in various fields and interrogated what that means for society. In exploring this fundamental question, this book is central to the study and philosophy of language, with rich repercussions in fields such as translation studies, poetics and literary studies, and in redefining notions such as rhythm, modernity, the poem and the subject.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Translators -- Introduction -- Meschonnic’s Theory of Rhythm, his Key Concepts and their Relation -- Meschonnic’s Poetics of Society -- Preliminary Remarks to this Reader -- Part 1. Critique of Rhythm -- Part 2. Poetry and Poem -- Part 3. Rhyme and Life -- Part 4. Translating -- Part 5. Modernity -- Part 6. Historicity and Society -- Glossary -- Chronological Bibliography of Meschonnic’s Books -- Name index -- Subject index

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Henri Meschonnic: linguist, poet, translator, philosopher Groups texts into 6 thematic parts; each part is foregrounded by an introduction to situate and contextualize it for the reader Includes an introduction to Henry Meschonnic by John Joseph Includes an introduction to Meschonnic’s theory, concepts and poetics of society by Marko Pajevic Includes a glossary of terms, index of names and index of terminology to aid navigation and understanding Henri Meschonnic was a linguist, poet, translator of the Bible and one of the most original French thinkers of his generation. He strove throughout his career to reform the understanding of language and all that depends on it. His work has had a shaping influence on a generation of scholars and here, for the first time, a selection of these are made available in English for a new generation of linguists and philosophers of language. This Reader, featuring fourteen texts covering the core concepts and topics of Meschonnic’s theory, will enrich, enhance and challenge your understanding of language. It explores his key ideas on poetics, the poem, rhythm, discourse and his critique of the sign. Meschonnic’s vast oeuvre was continuously preoccupied with the question of a poetics of society; he constantly connected the theory of language to its practice in various fields and interrogated what that means for society. In exploring this fundamental question, this book is central to the study and philosophy of language, with rich repercussions in fields such as translation studies, poetics and literary studies, and in redefining notions such as rhythm, modernity, the poem and the subject.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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