Bearing the influence of apollinaires zone as well as the work of other avantgarde french poets such as blaise cendrars and jean cocteau, paris. Cendrarss long poems from this period include paques a newyork easter in new york, which he wrote over a few days in 1912. Brent edwards, and graciela montaldo for joining the dissertation committee. The jewish other the notion of otherness is felt in cendrarss early poems. The story of orpheus has undergone numerous changes in religion and poetry throughout the ages. Studies in 20th century literature new prairie press. Blaise cendrars, one of twentiethcentury frances most gifted men of letters, came to hollywood in 1936 for the newspaper parissoir. Already a wellknown poet, cendrars was a celebrity journalist whose perceptive dispatches from the american dream factory captivated millions. Amaral, blaise cendrars no brasil e os modernistas, sao paulo 1970. On reading blaise cendrars du monde entier, two more. And the same year blaise cendrars began one of his elastic poems with the line. Influence and cannibalism in the works of blaise cendrars and. This has made critics uneasy with assessing his literary accomplishments, as if the writer. Blaise cendrars was a pioneer of modernist literature.
A poem 1919 was actually written by a british female poet, born to scottish parents in kent in 1887. The prose of the transsiberian blaise cendrars nowhere. The frenchlanguage association internationale blaise cendrars was established to study and preserve his works. Emmene moi au bout mond collection folio english and french edition by blaise cendrars and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Blaise cendrars as a writer made direct use of his personal life and experiences to an unusual degree. Request an exam or desk copy recommend to your library pdf rightslink. Childhood memories are lost, as ron padgett navigates translations in paris, music and the main station. Jul 23, 2007 the writer john dos passos called the son of homer is himself a strange kind of fiction. Poems of road and sea english and french edition by blaise cendrars and a great selection of related books, art. The centre detudes blaise cendrars cebc has been established at the university of berne in his honor and for the study of his work.