Calligrammes
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| + | "In the early 20th century, [[Guillaume Apollinaire]] radicalized the [[Charles Baudelaire|Baudelairian]] poetic exploration of [[modern life]] in evoking planes, the [[Eiffel Tower]] and [[urban]] [[wasteland]]s, and he brought poetry into contact with [[cubism]] through his "[[Calligrammes]]", a form of [[visual poetry]]."--[[Sholem Stein]] | ||
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| + | [[Image:Salut monde by Guillaume Apollinaire.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"[[Salut monde]]" by [[Guillaume Apollinaire]]]] | ||
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| + | '''''Calligrammes''''', subtitled ''Poems of war and peace 1913-1916'', (French: ''Calligrammes; poèmes de la paix et da la guerre, 1913-1916''[http://www.archive.org/details/calligrammespo00apol]) is a collection of [[poem]]s by [[Guillaume Apollinaire]], and was first published in [[1918]]. ''Calligrammes'' is noted for how the typeface and spatial arrangement of the words on a page plays just as much of a role in the meaning of each poem, as the words themselves - a form called a [[calligram]]. In this sense, the collection can be seen as either [[concrete poetry]] or [[visual poetry]]. Apollinaire described his work as follows: | ||
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| + | :"The ''Calligrammes'' are an idealisation of [[free verse]] poetry and typographical precision in an era when typography is reaching a briliant end to its career, at the dawn of the new means of reproduction that are the [[Film|cinema]] and the [[phonograph]]. --[[Guillaume Apollinaire]], in a letter to [[André Billy]]" --[[Michel Butor]] | ||
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| + | *[[Calligramme]] | ||
| + | *[[Concrete poetry]] | ||
| + | *[[Visual poetry]] | ||
| + | *[[World War I in literature]] | ||
| + | *[[Ergodic literature ]] | ||
| + | *[[War poet]] | ||
| + | *[[French poetry]] | ||
| + | *[[Ideogramme]] | ||
| + | *[[1918 in poetry]] | ||
| + | *[[20th century in literature]] | ||
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Calligrammes, subtitled Poems of war and peace 1913-1916, (French: Calligrammes; poèmes de la paix et da la guerre, 1913-1916[1]) is a collection of poems by Guillaume Apollinaire, and was first published in 1918. Calligrammes is noted for how the typeface and spatial arrangement of the words on a page plays just as much of a role in the meaning of each poem, as the words themselves - a form called a calligram. In this sense, the collection can be seen as either concrete poetry or visual poetry. Apollinaire described his work as follows:
- "The Calligrammes are an idealisation of free verse poetry and typographical precision in an era when typography is reaching a briliant end to its career, at the dawn of the new means of reproduction that are the cinema and the phonograph. --Guillaume Apollinaire, in a letter to André Billy" --Michel Butor
See also
- Calligramme
- Concrete poetry
- Visual poetry
- World War I in literature
- Ergodic literature
- War poet
- French poetry
- Ideogramme
- 1918 in poetry
- 20th century in literature
