Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: Faced with what is now a legendary aversion which culminates in Bonnefoy’s famous remark: «We need to forget Valéry», some critics focus on the affinities or differences between the two poets, while others emphasize the complexity of the relationship, between «objections» and «affection». This article revolves around this Gordian knot, within the context of a shared historical perspective: that poetry is in danger. Reconstructing the oedipal foundation of a relationship which remains unilateral, the author traces in Yves Bonnefoy a three-phased approach: fascination, conflict and, finally, compassion. And this, in the name of poetry, which must be defended through the acquisition, in both Valéry and Bonnefoy, of conscience and thought.
Source: Studi Francesi
Author: Michela Landi
Institution: University of Florence
Language: French
Topic: French Literature and Poetry
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4383110043