Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Michaux, Henri, 1899-1984.
2. Fagan, Teresa Lavender

Description

1. 113 pages; 22 cm

Summary

1. While presenting the Nobel Prize in Literature to J. M. G. Le Clézio in 2008, the Nobel Committee called him the "author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization." In Mydriasis, the author proves himself to be precisely that as he takes us on a phantasmagoric journey into parallel worlds and whirling visions. Dwelling on darkness, light, and human vision, Le Clézio's richly poetic prose composes a mesmerizing song and a dizzying exploration of the universe--a universe not unlike the abysses explored by the highly idiosyncratic Belgian poet Henri Michaux. Michaux is, in fact, at the heart of To the Icebergs. Fascinated by his writing, Le Clézio includes Michaux's "poem of the poem," "Iniji," thereby allowing the poet's voice to emerge by itself. What follows is much more than a simple analysis of the poem; rather, it is an act of complete insight and understanding, a personal appropriation and elevation of the work. Written originally in the 1970s and now translated into English for the first time, these two brief, incisive and haunting texts will further strengthen the reputation of one of the world's greatest and most visionary living writers.

Uniform title

1. Mydriase suivi de Vers les Icebergs. English

Alternative title

1. Mydriase suivi de Vers les Icebergs.
2. To the icebergs

Subject

1. Michaux, Henri, 1899-1984
2. Belgian poetry (French)
3. Criticism, interpretation, etc
4. Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience
5. Michaux, Henri, 1899-1984 > Criticism and interpretation
6. Essays
7. Hallucinogenic drugs
8. Belgian poetry (French) > 20th century
9. Translations
10. 1900-1999

Genre/Form

1. Essays.
2. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
3. Translations.

Contents

1. Mydriasis -- To the icebergs. To the icebergs -- Iniji / Henri Michaux -- Iniji.

Call number

1. JFD 19-5391

Note

1. Originally published as: Mydriase suivi de Vers les Icebergs. Mercure de France, 2016.

Language (note)

1. In English, translated from the French.

Author

1. Le Clézio, J.-M. G. (Jean-Marie Gustave), 1940-

Title

1. Mydriasis : followed by To the icebergs / J.M.G. Le Clézio ; translated by Teresa Lavender Fagan.

Publisher

1. London ; New York ; Calcutta : Seagull Books, 2019.

Copyright date

1. ©2019

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Language

1. In English, translated from the French.

Chronological term

1. 1900-1999

Added author

1. Container of (expression): Le Clézio, J.-M. G. (Jean-Marie Gustave), 1940- Mydriase. English.
2. Container of (expression): Le Clézio, J.-M. G. (Jean-Marie Gustave), 1940- Vers les icebergs. English.
3. Container of (work): Michaux, Henri, 1899-1984. Iniji.
4. Container of (expression): Michaux, Henri, 1899-1984. Iniji. English.
5. Fagan, Teresa Lavender, translator.

ISBN

1. 9780857426543 hardcover
2. 0857426540 hardcover

Research call number

1. JFD 19-5391