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Journal articles Etudes Anglaises Year : 2009

Silence “even against the language”: George Oppen's poetics of infant joy and infant sorrow

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This article proposes to address the question of silence in George Oppen’s poetry as the dilemma at its inception, in an effort to see through some of the more crucial critical opacities which still surround his work. Insisting on the poet’s mistrust of language in his poetic experiments, and on the difficulties he encountered with the expression of experience, this analysis presents the notion of infancy as lying implicitly at the heart of the texts.
Cet article se propose de considérer la question du silence dans l’œuvre poétique de George Oppen comme le dilemme à sa source, en s’efforçant de percer certaines des opacités déterminantes qui entourent encore cette œuvre. En soulignant la méfiance de ce poète envers le langage au sein de ses expérimentations poétiques, ainsi que les difficultés qu’il rencontra à exprimer l’expérience, cette analyse présente la notion d’enfance comme cœur implicite des textes.
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halshs-02904922, version 1 (22-07-2020)

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Xavier Kalck. Silence “even against the language”: George Oppen's poetics of infant joy and infant sorrow. Etudes Anglaises, 2009, 62 (1), pp.86. ⟨10.3917/etan.621.0086⟩. ⟨halshs-02904922⟩
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