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Collected French Translations: Prose
Contributor(s): Ashbery, John (Author), Richie, Eugene (Editor), Wasserman, Rosanne (Editor)
ISBN: 0374258031     ISBN-13: 9780374258030
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
OUR PRICE:   $29.75  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: April 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections | European - French
- Literary Collections | Essays
Dewey: 844
LCCN: 2013033017
Physical Information: 1.47" H x 6.25" W x 9.34" (1.66 lbs) 432 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

An essential, vibrant collection of masterful translations by one of the finest poets at work today

Collected French Translations: Prose, the second volume in a landmark two-volume selection of John Ashbery's translations, focuses on prose writing. Ashbery's own prose writings and engagement with prose writers--through translations, essays, and criticism--have had a profound impact on the cultural landscape of the past half century. This book presents his versions of, among others, the classic French fairy tale "The White Cat" by Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy, as well as works by such innovative masters as Raymond Roussel and Giorgio de Chirico. Here are all of Roussel's Documents to Serve as an Outline and extracts from his Impressions of Africa; selections from Georges Bataille's darkly erotic first novella, L'abbe C; Antonin Artaud's correspondence with the writer Jacques Riviere; Salvador Dali on Willem de Kooning's art; Jacques Dupin on Giacometti; and key theoretical and conceptual texts by Odilon Redon, Jean Helion, Iannis Xenakis, and Marcelin Pleynet. Several of these twenty-nine prose pieces, by seventeen fiction writers, playwrights, artists, musicians, and critics, are previously unpublished or have been long unavailable. Many are modern classics, such as Pierre Reverdy's Haunted House. This book provides fresh insight into the range of French cultural influence on Ashbery's life and work in literature and the arts.


Contributor Bio(s): Ashbery, John: - John Ashbery's latest book of poems is Quick Question. From 1960 to 1965, he was the International Herald Tribune art critic and the ARTnews Paris correspondent. France has named him a Chevalier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres and an Officier de la Legion d'honneur. He has received a National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and was awarded a National Humanities Medal by President Obama.Wasserman, Rosanne: - Rosanne Wasserman and Eugene Richie's latest poetry book is Psyche and Amor. They have edited Ashbery's essays in Other Traditions and in Selected Prose, as well as his translations of Pierre Martory. Wasserman teaches at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy; Richie is the director of writing at Pace University.Richie, Eugene: - Rosanne Wasserman and Eugene Richie's latest poetry book is Psyche and Amor. They have edited Ashbery's essays in Other Traditions and in Selected Prose, as well as his translations of Pierre Martory. Wasserman teaches at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy; Richie is the director of writing at Pace University.