Thinking Poetry : Philosophical Approaches to Nineteenth-Century French Poetry

Why have poets played such an important role for contemporary philosophers? How can poetry link philosophy and political theory? How do formal considerations intersect with philosophical approaches? These essays seek to establish a dialogue between poetry and philosophy. Each essay contributes to our understanding of the relationships between theory and lived experience while providing new insight into important poets such as Charles Baudelaire, Stéphane Mallarmé, Victor Hugo, and others. The broad range of metaphysical, phenomenological, aesthetic, and ethical approaches announce important new paths for a reinvigorated study of lyric poetry in the decades to come. This Volume Of Essays Seeks To Establish A Dialogue Between Poetry And Philosophy Where Each Could Be Said To Read The Other And Announces Important New Paths For A Reinvigorated Study Of Lyric Poetry In The Decades To Come. Machine Generated Contents Note: 1.baudelaire Through Kierkegaard: Art, Fallibility, And Faith / Edward K. Kaplan -- 2.passages Through Baudelaire: From Poetry To Thought And Back / Catherine Witt -- 3.otherwise Than Being: Levinassian Ethics In Victor Hugo's La Force Des Choses / Bradley Stephens -- 4.je Est Un Autre: Identity, Alterity, And Drug Use In Baudelaire And De Quincey / Alain Toumayan -- 5.poesie-boucherie: Baudelaire's Aesthetics And Ethics Of Execution / Eve Morisi -- 6.absolutely Absolute: Mallarme, Blanchot, And The Absence De Livre / John Mckeane -- 7.blank Phenomenality / Claire Chi-ah Lyu -- 8.mallarme's Tragico-poetic Modernism / Emile Fromet De Rosnay -- 9.mallarme And The Ontologization Of The Poem / David Nowell Smith -- 10.poetic Form And The Crisis Of Community: Revisiting Ranciere's Aesthetics / Alison James -- 11.baudelaire With Badiou: Event And Subjectivity In L'heautontimoroumenos / Joseph Acquisto -- 12.mesure Parfaite Et Reinventee: Edouard Glissant Reinvents Nineteenth-century French Poetry / Hugues Azerad. Edited By Joseph Acquisto. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "Why have poets played such an important role for contemporary philosophers? How can poetry link philosophy and political theory? How do formal considerations intersect with philosophical approaches? These essays seek to establish a dialogue between poetry and philosophy. Each essay contributes to our understanding of the relationships between theory and lived experience while providing new insight into important poets such as Charles Baudelaire, Stephane Mallarm̌, Victor Hugo, and others. The broad range of metaphysical, phenomenological, aesthetic, and ethical approaches announce important new paths for a reinvigorated study of lyric poetry in the decades to come"--Provided by publisher Front Matter....Pages i-vi Introduction....Pages 1-8 Baudelaire through Kierkegaard....Pages 9-24 Passages through Baudelaire....Pages 25-42 Otherwise than Being....Pages 43-58 “Je est un autre”....Pages 59-73 “Poésie-boucherie”....Pages 75-95 Absolutely Absolute....Pages 97-111 Blank Phenomenality....Pages 113-130 Mallarmé’s Tragico-Poetic Modernism....Pages 131-147 Mallarmé and the Ontologization of the Poem....Pages 149-165 Poetic Form and the Crisis of Community....Pages 167-183 Baudelaire with Badiou....Pages 185-201 “Mesure parfaite et réinventée”....Pages 203-220 Back Matter....Pages 221-226