The Poetry of Céline Arnauld
From Dada to Ultra-Modern

Ruth Hemus

Research Monographs in French Studies 58

Legenda

28 September 2020  •  184pp

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The poet Céline Arnauld (1885-1952) was at the heart of Paris Dada. Her experimental texts appeared in the most prominent avant-garde journals and she published almost a dozen books. Yet Arnauld predicted as early as 1924 that she would be written out of history. Isolated by personal loss and financially insecure, she took her own life in 1952. Her story is one of an individual with an elusive identity — she was a Jewish émigré, born Carolina Goldstein in Romania — who left behind a body of work rich in innovation. In this study, Ruth Hemus conveys the pleasure of discovering this neglected figure and her inventive writing. Charting one woman’s navigation of the avant-garde over a thirty-year period (1918-1948), she sets out Arnauld’s quest for an autonomous poetry that she herself called ‘ultra-modern.’

Ruth Hemus is a Reader in French and Visual Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Contents:

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Introduction: the Mysterious Case of Céline Arnauld
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Chapter 1 From Romania To Paris: La Lanterne Magique (1914)
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Chapter 2 Contesting the Novel: Tournevire (1919)
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35-46

Chapter 3 Collision and Collage in Poèmes À Claires-Voies (1920)
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47-58

Chapter 4 Liminal Spaces and Refrains in Point De Mire (1921)
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61-73

Chapter 5 Dada Actions: Magazines and Manifestos (1920–21)
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74-84

Chapter 6 Founding A Journal: Ambition and Vision in Projecteur (1920)
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85-98

Chapter 7 Battles With Breton: ‘Les Faux Managers’ (1924) and Projectivism
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101-114

Chapter 8 the Lyric Traveller: Longing and Belonging in Guêpier De Diamants (1923) and ‘Diorama’ (1925)
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115-126

Chapter 9 Music and Madness in La Nuit Rêve Tout Haut Et Le Clavier Secret (1934)
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127-138

Chapter 10 Cycles of Time and Nature in Heures Intactes (1936) and Les Réseaux Du Réveil (1937)
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139-150

Chapter 11 War, Exile, and Precarious Peace: La Nuit Pleure Tout Haut (1939) and Rien Qu’une Étoile, Suivi De Plains-Chants Sauvages (1948)
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151-158

Conclusion: A Triple Margin: Gender, Nationality, and Ultra-Modernity
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159-168

Bibliography
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Hemus, Ruth, The Poetry of Céline Arnauld: From Dada to Ultra-Modern, Research Monographs in French Studies, 58 (Legenda, 2020)

First footnote reference: 35 Ruth Hemus, The Poetry of Céline Arnauld: From Dada to Ultra-Modern, Research Monographs in French Studies, 58 (Legenda, 2020), p. 21.

Subsequent footnote reference: 37 Hemus, p. 47.

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Hemus, Ruth. 2020. The Poetry of Céline Arnauld: From Dada to Ultra-Modern, Research Monographs in French Studies, 58 (Legenda)

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