The Henri Meschonnic reader : a poetics of society / edited by Marko Pajević ; introduction to Henri Meschonnic by John E. Joseph ; introduction to Mesochnnic's theory, concepts and poetics of society by Marko Pajević ; translated from French by Peir-Pascale Boulanger [and five others].

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Intro -- The Henri Meschonnic Reader -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Translators -- Introduction -- Meschonnic's Theory of Rhythm, his Key Concepts and their Relation -- Meschonnic's Poetics of Society -- Preliminary Remarks to this Reader Some Comments on the Experience of Translating Meschonnic -- PART 1 CRITIQUE OF RHYTHM -- 1 Poetics Theoretical Activity, Poetic Activity -- 2 Rhythm What is at Stake in a Theory of Rhythm -- 3 Metrics Pure Metrics or Discourse Metrics -- 4 Sign Not the Sign, but Rhythm -- PART 2 POETRY AND POEM -- 5 The Rhythm Party Manifesto -- PART 3 RHYME AND LIFE

6 Rhyme and Life -- 7 Orality, Poetics of the Voice -- 8 The Subject of Writing -- PART 4 TRANSLATING -- 9 Translating and Society Translating, and the Bible, in the Theory of Language and of Society -- 10 Translating and the Biblical A Bible Blow to Philosophy -- 11 Case Study of Poetic Translating The Name of Ophelia -- PART 5 MODERNITY -- 12 Modernity is a Battle -- PART 6 HISTORICITY AND SOCIETY -- 13 For a Poetics of Historicity -- 14 Rhythm, Theory of Language, Poetics of Society -- 15 Realism, Nominalism: The Theory of Language is a Theory of Society -- Glossary

Chronological Bibliography of Meschonnic's Books -- Name index -- Subject index

Henri Meschonnic was a linguist, poet, translator of the Bible and one of the most original French thinkers of his generation. This Reader, featuring fourteen texts covering the core concepts and topics of Meschonnic's theory, will enrich, enhance and challenge your understanding of language.

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