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Shapeshifter

Title
  1. Shapeshifter / Alice Paalen Rahon ; translated from the French and with an introduction by Mary Ann Caws.
Published by
  1. New York : New York Review Books, [2021]
Author
  1. Rahon, Alice, 1904-1987

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Additional authors
  1. Caws, Mary Ann
Description
  1. xxii, 220 pages : illustrations; 18 cm.
Summary
  1. "Alice Paalen Rahon was a shapeshifter, a surrealist poet turned painter who was born French and died a naturalized citizen of Mexico. Along with her first husband, the artist Wolfgang Paalen, her circle included Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, Joan Miró, Paul Éluard, Man Ray, and Anaïs Nin. Bicultural, bisexual, and fiercely independent, her romantic life included affairs with Pablo Picasso and the poet Valentine Penrose. This new selection of Rahon's poems, included both in the original French and in translation by Mary Ann Caws, celebrates the visionary work of a woman who defied easy definition. Her spellbinding poems, inspired by prehistoric art, lost love, and her travels around the globe, weave together dream, fantasy, and madness"--
Series statement
  1. New York Review Books poets
Uniform title
  1. New York Review Books poets.
Subject
  1. Rahon, Alice, 1904-1987 > Translations into English
  2. Rahon, Alice, 1904-1987
Genre/Form
  1. Poetry.
  2. Translations.
Contents
  1. À même la terre = On bare earth (1936) -- Sablier couché = Reclining hourglass (1938) -- Noir animal = Bone black (1941) -- Other texts.
Call number
  1. JFC 22-256
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages xxi-xxii).
Language (note)
  1. Includes original poems in French and English translations.
Author
  1. Rahon, Alice, 1904-1987, author.
Title
  1. Shapeshifter / Alice Paalen Rahon ; translated from the French and with an introduction by Mary Ann Caws.
Publisher
  1. New York : New York Review Books, [2021]
Type of content
  1. text
  2. still image
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Series
  1. New York Review Books poets
  2. New York Review Books poets.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages xxi-xxii).
Language
  1. Includes original poems in French and English translations.
Added author
  1. Caws, Mary Ann, translator, editor.
  2. Rahon, Alice, 1904-1987. Poems. Selections.
  3. Rahon, Alice, 1904-1987. Poems. Selections. English.
LCCN
  1. 2020019451
Other standard identifier
  1. 40030768514
ISBN
  1. 9781681375007 paperback
  2. 1681375001 paperback
Research call number
  1. JFC 22-256
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