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In this work, begun during the German occupation, the eminent French poet and philosopher began to turn away from the small, perfect poem toward a much more open form, a kind of prose poem that recounted its own process of coming into being along with the final result.

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“This text manages to be whimsical, political and philosophical all at once by behaving like its subject—soap—and slipping between modes.”—Matthea Harvey, Boston Review

Table of Contents
1. Beginning 2. Soap 3. Appendixes.

Soap Meridian Crossing Aesthetics

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    A Paperback / softback by Francis Ponge, Lane Dunlop

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      Publisher: Stanford University Press
      Publication Date: 01/07/1998
      ISBN13: 9780804729550, 978-0804729550
      ISBN10: 0804729557
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In this work, begun during the German occupation, the eminent French poet and philosopher began to turn away from the small, perfect poem toward a much more open form, a kind of prose poem that recounted its own process of coming into being along with the final result.

      Trade Review
      “This text manages to be whimsical, political and philosophical all at once by behaving like its subject—soap—and slipping between modes.”—Matthea Harvey, Boston Review

      Table of Contents
      1. Beginning 2. Soap 3. Appendixes.

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