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  • Bernard Vargaftig

    Gestures toward the Sacred

    by Aaron Prevots ...
    Series Book 134 - Modern French Identities
    The French poet Bernard Vargaftig (1934–2012), first known in 1960s literary circles as a writer mentored by Aragon, published regularly and served on the editorial boards of Action poétique and Europe. His poetry foregrounds identity and alterity, eros and notions of self, an immediate present and an onrushing past. This book examines Vargaftig’s evolution and aims. It explores his postwar search ... Read more

    $58.29 CAD

  • Bernard Vargaftig

    Gestures toward the Sacred

    by Aaron Prevots ...
    Series Book 134 - Modern French Identities
    The French poet Bernard Vargaftig (1934–2012), first known in 1960s literary circles as a writer mentored by Aragon, published regularly and served on the editorial boards of Action poétique and Europe. His poetry foregrounds identity and alterity, eros and notions of self, an immediate present and an onrushing past. This book examines Vargaftig’s evolution and aims. It explores his postwar search ... Read more

    $66.69 CAD

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    Writing and Thinking Beyond Salvation in Baudelaire, Cioran, Fondane, Agamben, and Nancy

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