Matisse’s Poets: Critical Performance in the Artist’s Book

401 Pages·2017·7.159 MB·English

by  Kathryn Brown

Matisse’s Poets

Matisse’s Poets
Critical Performance in the Artist’s Book
Kathryn Brown
Bloomsbury Academic
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Names: Brown, Kathryn (Kathryn J.), author.
Title: Matisse’s poets : critical performance in the artist’s book / Kathryn Brown.
Description: New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017002513 (print) | LCCN 2017005256 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501326837
(hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781501326844 (ePub) | ISBN 9781501326851 (ePDF)
Subjects: LCSH: Matisse, Henri, 1869-1954–Criticism and interpretation. |
Matisse, Henri, 1869-1954–Books and reading. |
Matisse, Henri, 1869-1954–Relations with authors.
Classification: LCC N7433.4.M327 Z37 2017 (print) | LCC N7433.4.M327 (ebook) |
DDC 709.2–dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017002513
ISBN: HB: 978-1-5013-2683-7
ePub: 978-1-5013-2684-4
ePDF: 978-1-5013-2685-1
Cover design: Irene Martinez Costa
Cover Image: Henri Matisse, Self-Portrait, 1944 (black ink on paper)
© Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) / Davis Museum and Cultural Center,
Wellesley College, MA, USA / Gift of Professor and Mrs. John McAndrew
in memory of Elizabeth Hill Weatherby (Class of 1938) / Bridgeman Images
© 2017 Succession H. Matisse / DACS, London
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Stéphane Mallarmé, Notes en vue du « Livre »

Contents
List of Illustrations x
Acknowledgements xxi
Introduction 1
1 Matisse among the Poets 15
2 ‘Visual Thoughts’: Les Poésies de Stéphane Mallarmé 35
3 Disowning Ulysses 61
4 The War Book: Pasiphaé, Chant de Minos (Les Crétois) 83
5 Imitation and Innovation: Florilège des Amours de Ronsard 113
6 Enacting Beauty: Les Fleurs du mal 139
7 Problematizing Authorship: Les Lettres portugaises 159
8 Beyond the ‘Ritual Space’ of the Book: Jazz 177
9 Old Acquaintances, New Collaborations: Tzara and Reverdy 193
10 Occupation and Imprisonment: Les Poèmes de Charles d’Orléans 215
11 Apollinaire Redux 231
12 Literary Legacies 251
Notes 270
Bibliography 337
Index 360