Collected French Translations

Prose

John Ashbery, Eugene Richie, Rosanne Wasserman

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
08 April 2014

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An essential, vibrant collection of masterful translations by one of the finest poets at work today

Collected French Translations: Prose, the second volume in a landmark two-volume selection of John Ashbery's translations, focuses on prose writing. Ashbery's own prose writings and engagement with prose writers--through translations, essays, and criticism--have had a profound impact on the cultural landscape of the past half century. This book presents his versions of, among others, the classic French fairy tale The White Cat by Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy, as well as works by such innovative masters as Raymond Roussel and Giorgio de Chirico. Here are all of Roussel's Documents to Serve as an Outline and extracts from his Impressions of Africa; selections from Georges Bataille's darkly erotic first novella, L'abbe C; Antonin Artaud's correspondence with the writer Jacques Riviere; Salvador Dali on Willem de Kooning's art; Jacques Dupin on Giacometti; and key theoretical and conceptual texts by Odilon Redon, Jean Helion, Iannis Xenakis, and Marcelin Pleynet. Several of these twenty-nine prose pieces, by seventeen fiction writers, playwrights, artists, musicians, and critics, are previously unpublished or have been long unavailable. Many are modern classics, such as Pierre Reverdy's Haunted House. This book provides fresh insight into the range of French cultural influence on Ashbery's life and work in literature and the arts.

By: John Ashbery
Edited by: Eugene Richie, Rosanne Wasserman
Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 237mm, Width: 159mm, Spine: 37mm
Weight: 753g
ISBN: 9780374258030
ISBN 10: 0374258031
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 08 April 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

John Ashbery's latest book of poems is Quick Question. From 1960 to 1965, he was the International Herald Tribune art critic and ArtNews Paris correspondent. France has named him Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres and Officier of the Legion d'Honneur. He has received a National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and President Obama awarded him a National Humanities Medal. Rosanne Wasserman and Eugene Richie's latest poetry book is Psyche and Amor. They have edited Ashbery's essays in Other Traditions and in Selected Prose, as well as his translations of Pierre Martory. She teaches at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy; he is the director of writing at Pace University.

Reviews for Collected French Translations: Prose

Praise for John Ashbery's translation of Illuminations Meticulously faithful yet nimbly inventive . . . We are fortunate that John Ashbery has . . . brought to it such care and imaginative resourcefulness. --Lydia Davis, New York Times Book Review