Ababbcc : Auden et Byron sans rime ni raison

Declined in seven entries, corresponding to the seven lines (generally in iambic pentameters) of the rhyme royal, the paper deliberately aligns itself with the letter, and hopefully, with the spirit of W.H. Auden’s 1937 “Letter to Lord Byron”, composed while he was travelling in Iceland with his fri...

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Published in:Polysèmes
Main Author: Porée, Marc
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:French
Published: SAIT 2022
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/polysemes/9172
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spelling fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:revues.org:polysemes/9172 2023-05-15T16:49:38+02:00 Ababbcc : Auden et Byron sans rime ni raison Ababbcc: Auden and Byron without rhythm or reason Porée, Marc 2022-04-20 http://journals.openedition.org/polysemes/9172 fr fre SAIT Polysèmes urn:doi:10.4000/polysemes.9172 http://journals.openedition.org/polysemes/9172 undefined correspondance rime royale autobiographie années trente lignée conversation light verse poésie mythe romantisme hommage correspondence rhyme royal autobiography the thirties lineage poetry myth Romanticism homage litt lang Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2022 fttriple https://doi.org/10.4000/polysemes.9172 2023-01-22T18:56:08Z Declined in seven entries, corresponding to the seven lines (generally in iambic pentameters) of the rhyme royal, the paper deliberately aligns itself with the letter, and hopefully, with the spirit of W.H. Auden’s 1937 “Letter to Lord Byron”, composed while he was travelling in Iceland with his friend Christopher Isherwood. The aim of the paper is to delineate the contours of a poetics that is at once conversational, generational, autobiographical and falsely “easy”. Conceived as a “Condition of England” poem, Auden’s text openly flirts with the “universel reportage” denounced by Mallarmé, with a view to rehabilitating light verse, but also to purging poetry from undue hermetism, while appropriating Byron’s legacy. The personal myth of Auden, the poet-cum-teacher, is seen to emerge, sketchily, against the political backdrop of the thirties, and in accordance with the will to give a “style” to his existence. Relying on the “postal tekhnè” of the postcard, as defined by Derrida, this letter beyond the grave, via the detour of a letter from Iceland, aims to pay a posthumous homage to Hubert Teyssandier, of all supervisors no doubt the most “warm and civilisé” (Auden). Décliné en sept entrées, correspondant aux sept vers (généralement des pentamètres iambiques) de la rime royale, l’article se coule délibérément dans la lettre (et, si possible, dans l’esprit) de la lettre adressée par W.H. Auden à Lord Byron (1937), depuis l’Islande où il voyageait en compagnie d’Isherwood. Le propos entend cerner les traits distinctifs d’une poétique tout à la fois conversationnelle, générationnelle, autobiographique et faussement « facile ». Conçu à la manière d’un Condition of England poem, le texte d’Auden flirte ouvertement avec « l’universel reportage » dénoncé en son temps par Mallarmé, aux fins de réhabiliter le light verse, mais aussi de purger la poésie de tout hermétisme intempestif, tout en revendiquant l’héritage subversif de Byron. S’y esquisse un mythe personnel, dans le contexte politique des années trente, en lien ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Unknown Detour ENVELOPE(-63.913,-63.913,-65.021,-65.021) Isherwood ENVELOPE(-113.717,-113.717,-74.983,-74.983) Rime ENVELOPE(6.483,6.483,62.567,62.567) The Detour ENVELOPE(-134.704,-134.704,62.733,62.733) Polysèmes 26
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description Declined in seven entries, corresponding to the seven lines (generally in iambic pentameters) of the rhyme royal, the paper deliberately aligns itself with the letter, and hopefully, with the spirit of W.H. Auden’s 1937 “Letter to Lord Byron”, composed while he was travelling in Iceland with his friend Christopher Isherwood. The aim of the paper is to delineate the contours of a poetics that is at once conversational, generational, autobiographical and falsely “easy”. Conceived as a “Condition of England” poem, Auden’s text openly flirts with the “universel reportage” denounced by Mallarmé, with a view to rehabilitating light verse, but also to purging poetry from undue hermetism, while appropriating Byron’s legacy. The personal myth of Auden, the poet-cum-teacher, is seen to emerge, sketchily, against the political backdrop of the thirties, and in accordance with the will to give a “style” to his existence. Relying on the “postal tekhnè” of the postcard, as defined by Derrida, this letter beyond the grave, via the detour of a letter from Iceland, aims to pay a posthumous homage to Hubert Teyssandier, of all supervisors no doubt the most “warm and civilisé” (Auden). Décliné en sept entrées, correspondant aux sept vers (généralement des pentamètres iambiques) de la rime royale, l’article se coule délibérément dans la lettre (et, si possible, dans l’esprit) de la lettre adressée par W.H. Auden à Lord Byron (1937), depuis l’Islande où il voyageait en compagnie d’Isherwood. Le propos entend cerner les traits distinctifs d’une poétique tout à la fois conversationnelle, générationnelle, autobiographique et faussement « facile ». Conçu à la manière d’un Condition of England poem, le texte d’Auden flirte ouvertement avec « l’universel reportage » dénoncé en son temps par Mallarmé, aux fins de réhabiliter le light verse, mais aussi de purger la poésie de tout hermétisme intempestif, tout en revendiquant l’héritage subversif de Byron. S’y esquisse un mythe personnel, dans le contexte politique des années trente, en lien ...
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