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The Modernity of Pierre Jean Jouve
Poetry and Poetics

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Issue: "La revue des lettres modernes. Pierre Jean Jouve", ISSN 0294-0086, no. 8, 2006

Pierre-Jean Jouve, 8. The Modernity of Pierre Jean Jouve

Texts collected and introduced by Christiane Blot-Labarrère,

Lettres modernes Minard
"La revue des lettres modernes"
Caen, 2006

ISSN 1161-2096
ISBN/ISSN/EAN: 2-256-91110-1
188 p.
18 EUR

The volume edited by Christiane Blot-Labarrère is published as part of the established series La revue des lettres modernes by Lettres modernes Minard, gathering texts addressing facets of the author's work and artistic orientation. Such specialized periodical issues traditionally bring together diverse scholarly perspectives on a single literary figure, situating their production within broader currents of modern poetic and narrative expression without imposing a singular overarching thesis.

Readers interested in twentieth-century French poetry, the interplay between literature and psychoanalysis, or the critical reception of modern authors may find the essays collected in this issue relevant to their inquiries. The volume engages with aesthetic choices that characterize Jouve's oeuvre, reflecting the scholarly commitment of the series to sustained close reading and contextual analysis of significant literary figures from the modern period.