Philippe Jaccottet is one of a group of poets who turned away from the Surrealists sometimes abstruse experiments with form in favor of a muted lyrical expression born of a quasi-fraternal bonding with the wonder of earth, light, water, sky. This lyricism is steeped in an ambiguous sense of our planet s vulnerability in this nuclear age. Jaccottet s work has now developed steadily over nearly four decades as Derek Mahon points out in his introductory essay. In themes and form it will not seem alien to English language readers, yet Jaccottet s voice is his own. The sensuous modulations of...
Philippe Jaccottet is one of a group of poets who turned away from the Surrealists sometimes abstruse experiments with form in favor of a muted lyrica...
After several years abroad, a young man returns to his hometown to seek the man he calls master. This master, a brilliant philosopher, had made the young man into a disciple before sending him out into the world to put his teachings into practice. Returning three years later, the disciple finds his master has abandoned his wife and child and moved into a squalid one-room flat, cutting himself off completely from his former life. Disillusioned and reeling from the discovery, the young man spends an entire night listening to his master s bitter denunciation of the ideals they once shared....
After several years abroad, a young man returns to his hometown to seek the man he calls master. This master, a brilliant philosopher, had made the yo...
Der Italiener Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964) zählt heute zu den berühmtesten Malern der klassischen Moderne. Seine Stilleben, in denen er jahrzehntelang nur ein einziges Sujet variierte, blieben jedoch für viele ein Rätsel. Philippe Jaccottet verfolgt Morandis Weg von den frühen Landschaftsbildern bis zu den späten asketischen Stilleben und zeichnet ihn nach in einer tiefen Wahlverwandtschaft. Eine poetische Meditation über das Verständnis von Kunst und ihr Verhältnis zu Sprache und Poesie.
Der Italiener Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964) zählt heute zu den berühmtesten Malern der klassischen Moderne. Seine Stilleben, in denen er jahrzehntelan...
Since his first collection of poetry appeared in 1953, Philippe Jaccottet has sought to express the ineffable that lies at the heart of our material world in his essential, elemental poetry. As one of Switzerland's most prominent and prolific men of letters, Jaccottet has published more than a dozen books of poetry and criticism. One of Europe's finest contemporary poets, Jaccottet is a writer of exacting attention. Through keen observations of the natural world, of art, literature, music, and reflections on the human condition, Jaccottet opens his readers' eyes to the transcendent in...
Since his first collection of poetry appeared in 1953, Philippe Jaccottet has sought to express the ineffable that lies at the heart of our material w...
A collection of travel writings by the Swiss-French poet that takes him through war-torn parts of the Middle East, where he attends to scenes of faith and history that often go unremarked amid the turmoil.
A collection of travel writings by the Swiss-French poet that takes him through war-torn parts of the Middle East, where he attends to scenes of faith...
