Contemporary French Poetry: Towards a Minor Poetics

Daisy Sainsbury

Contemporary French Poetry
Towards a Minor Poetics

Daisy Sainsbury

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Dominique Fourcade (1958-), French poet

Olivier Cadiot (1956-), French poet

Christophe Tarkos (1963-2004), French poet

Research Monographs in French Studies 65

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26 July 2021 • 202pp

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Over the last forty years, contemporary French poetry has been living in a state of crisis. Pronounced dead – or worse, irrelevant – it has sought to reassert its value, define its current specificity, and delineate its difference from the poetic practices of the past. But what are the defining contours of poetry today, given the sheer variety of practices that make up the contemporary field? Drawing on Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s discussion of minor literature, which explores the relationship between literature, language and power, Daisy Sainsbury argues that one unifying feature is the presence of a ‘minor poetics’. Through close readings of three important poets – Dominique Fourcade, Olivier Cadiot and Christophe Tarkos – she examines how these three successive generations of linguistically experimental poets disrupt both literary and non-literary discourses, making the major minor, and redefining the political potential of poetic language in the process.

Daisy Sainsbury is an independent scholar based in Paris.

See news item: Announcing Contemporary French Poetry (18 June 2020)

Reviews:

‘Sainsbury has opened up a hospitable space for further reflection and critical engagement. This is a sure-handed, accessible and very knowledgeable study of what is challenging, and critically important, work.’ — Michael G. Kelly, Modern Language Review 119.2, 2024, 273-74 (full text online)

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1-42	Chapter 1 Minor Literature, Minor Poetry? Daisy Sainsbury doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgr7g.5	Cite
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43-80	Chapter 2 Dominique Fourcade, ‘L’expérience De La Poésie’ Daisy Sainsbury doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgr7g.6	Cite
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81-125	Chapter 3 Olivier Cadiot, ‘La Poésie Par D’autres Moyens’ Daisy Sainsbury doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgr7g.7	Cite
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126-170	Chapter 4 Christophe Tarkos, ‘Pour La Poésie’ Daisy Sainsbury doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgr7g.8	Cite
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171-178	Conclusion Daisy Sainsbury doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgr7g.9	Cite
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179-186	Bibliography Daisy Sainsbury doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgr7g.10	Cite
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187-192	Index Daisy Sainsbury doi:10.2307/j.ctv1wsgr7g.11	Cite
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Sainsbury, Daisy, Contemporary French Poetry: Towards a Minor Poetics, Research Monographs in French Studies, 65 (Legenda, 2021)

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Contemporary French PoetryTowards a Minor Poetics

Daisy Sainsbury

Contemporary French Poetry
Towards a Minor Poetics