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Correspondence with Valencia Rouzaud

Following my last post about the poetry collections Valencia Rouzaud published editions The Two Sicilies I received with pleasure a letter from the poet that I reproduce below. Another big thank you to him for this nice attention to which I reply in this post.

Note that the letter will be published in Issue 50 of dieresis , journal of poetry and literature.

" Dear Aline,

A fool who would fate finally write literature. Besides making his sorrows talent Verlaine has succeeded marvelously. Ah! A life in the life of a living artist, sure you can have unconventional tastes and a universal vision. Like a smile on a face talent is a supplement. Hide the beautiful and the ugly remains only fashion.

More than an umbrella, my friends. "

Valencia

"Dear Valencia

From your friendship shaped umbrella, I can only rejoice. I love this idea. And if a fool who would be born out of literature, so I hope that these troubles are the talents and manifest themselves. Looks like the poor Lelian, also curse him, "the best morals in this world where the wildest are the wisest of all is still time to forget." So please accept my back all green sympathy. "

(Verlaine's quote is taken from "The each other )

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Critique of Pure insanity - Daniel Schiffer Salvatore

Author: Daniel Salvatore Schiffer
Full title: Critique of pure unreason. The intellectual bankruptcy of the "new philosophers" and their followers.
Editions: François Bourin Editions
date: May 2010
Number of pages: 354 p .


Dedication: "Nadine"

Citations: " The critique of reason ends up necessarily lead to science; use dogmatic reason not without criticism leads instead to baseless assertions, which we can put up equally likely, and hence the skepticism. " Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason pure

Presentation Editor: Late 1970s: the "new philosophers" are invading the media. They called Andre Glucksmann, Maurice Clavel, Jean-Marie Benoist and especially Bernard-Henri Levy. They will soon be followed by close friends on the ideological level which front row, and Pascal Bruckner, Alain Finkielkraut. Thirty years ATRD, what else does their rélexion? If the members of this movement have undoubtedly marked the scene pubic French, their legacy is a philosophical debate. It is here that Daniel Salvatore Schiffer has chosen to exercise his critical eye. Test pamplétaires accents, Critique of pure unreason , direct reference to the master work of Immanuel Kant, reviews scathing of thought bequeathed by the "media intellectuals". Far from being confined to the questioning of their positions, this book urges, for the first time, a deep reflection on the excesses and manipulations housed in the heart of their philosophy.

Comment: That a presentation that speaks volumes about the contents of books and rare thing, I agree. Like many of us, the title made me think without hesitation to the famous Critique of Pure Reason of Immanuel Kant and I wanted to know why Daniel Salvatore Schiffer chose this title. Also, what does my enthusiasm was when Blog-O-Book caught my request for this partnership proposed by Editions François Bourin Publisher . A reading Critique of pure unreason , what attracted me in this pamphlet because it is good to my opinion of a pamphlet, what are the issues raised by the author. Indeed, if one looks at the question of what the term implies "new philosophers" may legitimately ask what interests they have served for the past thirty years during which, in the words of Daniel Salvatore Schiffer the " semis "composed the famous André Glucksmann, Alain Finkielkraut, Pascal Bruckner and Bernard-Henri Levy, has taken center stage in the media. The author's reply is unequivocal: no or almost. F ondant his argument on references and justified many, Daniel Salvatore Schiffer demonstrates beyond any doubt, the superficiality of modern thinkers. But if it appears certain that this test may be a sign of an old grudge, it will recognize that there is no smoke without fire. And the author also explains correctly that his book does not aim to discredit stupid and evil of this class of intellectuals: it is not about rhetoric but do reflect the impact of the statements in the press or the media. For it is indeed in this context that Daniel Salvatore Schiffer highlights " intellectual bankruptcy of the new philosophers and their followers" . After all, it is enough to have friends in high places and master public speaking to be considered new philosopher, while the French philosophy has to worry about ... However, and this is only my opinion, I think we're not there yet ...


If the author sometimes nuance his remarks, he often shows scathing towards Bernard-Henri Levy which causes an obvious allergy. Scrupulously lists blunders and scandals of it, Schiffer skillfully dismantles the edifice that the philosopher has built around himself. He spares no detail, starting with his book From the war in philosophy published last February in which BHL Botul quotes a philosopher imagination! This introduction may augur the rest of the book and the reader is warned: no mercy for BHL and Co. In short, the scandals omissions volunteers, the National BHL never ceases to disappoint, even débecter Schiffer. It is true that these new philosophers are annoying to invade the media and the press: war, religion, philosophy, politics, they know everything, talk about everything, but what do they say in reality? These are the final questions posed by Schiffer. Because the reader is not fooled: he is free to believe or not information that he used excessive media. Not that these new Philosophers tell us that nonsense. Just do not forget that it is given to anyone, philosopher or not, think simply. Therefore want to "save" the French philosophy of the wreck seems a little ambitious. The fact is that this test, just as interesting as documented, has allowed me to (re) discover thinkers who scored the universal philosophy ...


For the story, visit this section of the Republic books by Pierre Assouline to know why the book was published, initially scheduled to Fayard was canceled.


Finally, thank you again for publishing François Bourin and Blog-o-Book for giving me this book that I intend to reread ...

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The Pearl - John Steinbeck

Author: John Steinbeck
Original title: The Pearl
Translator: Renee Vavasseur and Marcel Duhamel
Publisher: Folio
date: January 1978
Pagination : 121 p.
Cover: Illustration Marie-Odile Willig

Comment: Kino is a humble fisherman who runs India peaceful days with Juana, his wife and baby Quiyitito until he discovers the greatest pearl in the world. To save his son at risk of dying following a scorpion sting, Kino sees the pearl, a sign of providence that we must operate at all costs. In his world of simple happiness, his life will begin to tilt in hatred and violence. This story tells how some philosophical miserable fates are sometimes doomed to never change. With candor John Steinbeck tells us this sad story and we urge the outset, it will end badly. The scenario repeats itself since the dawn of time and shows how Life can be unfair.


With these words the author begins his story: " In the city, tells the story of a large pearl - how it was found and then lost again, the history of Kino, the fisherman, his wife Juana and their baby, Coyotito. And as history has so often been told, it is rooted in the memory of all. However, such old tales that remain in the hearts of men, we no longer find the good and bad, black and white, grace and the curse - with no intermediate shades. If this story is a parable, perhaps everyone will he his own corporation and he discovers the meaning of his own life. Anyway, it is said in the city ... "


This is a sad tribute to human history ... A story very readable and accessible to all readers.

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Thank Valencia Rouzaud and Editions Two Sicilies

I wanted to thank Editions Two Sicilies who sent me a copy of two collections of poems autographed Valencia Rouzaud. These editions created in 1998 and directed by Daniel Martinez, who also founded the journal dieresis , specialize in publishing books of poetry and essays. Publishes some well-known authors and others who earn to be, The Two Sicilies operate on principles of self-diffusion and self-distribution.

Both books received Valencia Rouzaud are entitled Annuitant (réédititon 2000) and Twenty-one nettles (2006). Published in Small Packages, Valencia Rouzaud texts are marked by a bucolic poetry tinged urban colors. The author expresses his strength and simplicity to the world and its vision of being a poet. I enjoyed his writing style that combines the vocabulary of the modern world to that of his poetic imagination. Speaking earlier to people (including her publisher) and sometimes talking to himself, Valencia Rouzaud mania nicely pen. Personally, I preferred Twenty-one nettles to Annuitant.


Excerpts:


" I'm betting on intellect, not a shadow of a thought, not an idea cadvre.
- From a gardener with the backdoor of his imagination to a boufée air vegetable greenhouses ... Return of age or stir the soul in nature come back to me the wings of old . " ( Hiking : extract Annuitant )


" renounce the novelty is to hang pictures ... they tell us! Yes. But the revolution surreal experience. In the objector status, I feel closer to the original free movement ... Armed with a pencil, only the thug pathos is the reason. "(from Twenty-one nettles )


Another big thank you to the Two Sicilies editions for this nice discovery. Also note the collection My soul is scissors Valencia Rouzaud published in 1998 (Librairie-Galerie-Racine).

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Memphis. The roots of rock and soul - Florent Mazzoleni

Author: Florent Mazzoleni
Publisher: Castor Astral
Collection: Castor music
date: 2006
Number of pages: 189 p.
Cover: Florent Mazzoleni


Acknowledgements: Thanks to Emilien Bernard and Pierre

About the author : journalist, globetrotter, photographer, Florent Mazzoleni is a leading expert on popular culture in the southern United States and author of several books devoted to rock music.

Presentation Editor: missed stage between a poor south and rich and industrialized North, the city of Memphis hub in the heart of musical United States, quickly takes on the appearance of great culture broth. That, at Sun Studios alongside the telescoping of black blues and white country will give birth to rock. It is also in Memphis, around some mythical labels that will be written the most beautiful pages of the soul ...

This book is a thrilling ride in memory of a city crucial to the history of American popular music. A walk along the streets where the heroes are named Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Otis Redding or Sam & Dave, to name only the most famous. A trip to the roots of rock and soul music ...

Comment: trace the history of the city to the 1920s, Florent Mazzoleni tells e stories in historical events, how Memphis has built his musical identity. Politics, economics, racism and segregation, these are the issues that have shaped the history of Memphis . At the beginning of last century, that Beale Street the first theater dedicated to the black population is created. Thus began a cultural revolution galloping around this axis where the gambling halls and bars are multiplying. That's when the blues was born, music inspired by complaints from workers in cotton fields (The Memphis Blues Handy). In 1929, the stock market crash undermines the blues and musical expression the most vivid of black Memphis becomes the gospel. In the mid-1930s, Robert Johnson, through the distorting microphones, establishes the rhythm 'and blues and jazz but Blacks are already talking about rock and roll. While the mid-1940s saw coming radios dedicated to blacks who already inspired BB King and Elvis Presley, the 1960s with the advent of consumer society, marked the end of the rhythm 'and blues. And 1970 symbolize the decline of Beale Street and the Memphis sound in favor of disco.


This book was offered by Amazon at a command books. For me who loves soul music and rock, this is a gift which is perfect: Memphis, everybody has a vague idea in mind with some references related to Elvis Presley, Martin Luther King, BB King and Otis Redding. Yet this city has indeed been the temple of soul and rock. She was the soul and it is with nostalgia that the author discusses the history of the latter. The regret he expresses through his descriptions show a city became a ghost town today. But the author skillfully manages to revive Beale Street with its bars, lights and music. And we Memphis would have had his golden period.


It is difficult to render correctly the density of this book as references and anecdotes abound. Florent Mazzoleni painted in great detail the evolution of soul music and its documentation work is excellent. We discover in Memphis major musical movement whose history, born amid segregation, was an invaluable cultural heritage that has inspired many new musical styles. Citing numerous artists, production companies, record labels and recording studios, the author returns precisely on the major players who participated in building the temple of black music. Reading is difficult because the book is full of references and literally for neophytes in the field, it can be complicated to navigate, but what a pleasure to finally discover what the work of specialist Florent Mazzoleni.

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The Salem Witch - Elizabeth Gaskell

Author: Elizabeth Gaskell
Original Title: Lois the Witch
Translator: Roger Kann and Bertrand Fillaudeau
Editions: Jose Corti
Collection: Romantic No. 73
date: 1999
Number of pages: 210 p.
Preface: Bertrand Fillaudeau


Dedication: A F. , another witch

Brief History of the Salem witch case: "In 1692 , to Samuel Parris, pastor of Salem, ten teenagers were taken with convulsions and indulged in obscene and abominable acts. The nurse of the daughter of Indian pastor offered a magic bullet, which he was subsequently charged - only contrition saved her from the pyre. The case was launched. fusèrent Charges, cases of possession pseudo-demonic multiplied. Over two hundred people were arrested. Nineteen were hanged. Only in April 1694, by Governor Philipps released him one hundred and fifty prisoners. In 1957, the Parliament of Massachusetts rehabilitated victims - the success of the play of Arthur Miller was perhaps not unconnected with this development very late. " (from the preface of Fillaudeau)

Comment: Lois Barclay is a young English girl of 18, leaving his native England to New England in 1691 following the death of his parents. Hosted by the family of his uncle in Salem, Lois must learn to fit in a city whose inhabitants observe a superstitious distrust against papists principles of the old continent. Her adoptive family whose members are more strange than each other, is a Protestant family permières outcome of waves of immigration populations Puritan to the New World. While the stories of witches are told in the evening at the fireplace, a mystical atmosphere reigns in Salem. Latest cases of witchcraft that swept the village before the arrival of Lois still mark the oppositions between consciousness and the Puritan church and the Roman church are clearly reflected in the positions taken by the villagers of Salem. How paranoia and religious fanaticism have struck this small American town, is what tells the story of the Salem Witch .

The excellent foreword by Bertrand Fillaudeau recalls the historical context of the case Salem witch : while Cromwell , Politician and military converted to an English Protestant sect, is emulated within the newly immigrant community in New England, the English royalists are accused of supporting a Roman church that performs demonic ceremonies. Witchcraft is so widespread condemnation and New England is an ideal laboratory for these fierce followers of Puritanism . The Salem Witch , says he, "is the description relentless paranoia that seizes a small town ." p. 11

"Based on historical facts, records of the trial and aftermath of the affair, Elizabeth Gaskell succeeds brilliantly at making the rise of risk, the atmosphere of betrayal and hatred, the collective madness that will grind forever beings of flesh and blood. "Excerpt from the presentation of the publisher.

often associated with Charles Dickens who nicknamed her" dear Scheherazade "Elizabeth Gaskell is considered a master of social and political novel or as a writer of tales of folklore. " His sense of justice and responsibility goes hand in hand with his ability to communicate emotion face of innocence and violated human folly ." (From the presentation of the publisher). Marking the Gothic script of his pen humanist, Elizabeth Gaskell was able to show how witchcraft is a superstition promoted by ignorance and credulity.

This novel, perfectly written, is exciting. Elizabeth Gaskell masters perfectly the plot and I just found the characters and their psychology very well studied. We know from the start after tragic story but the objectivity demonstrated the author makes The Salem witch a reference reading on the subject. The decline Gaskell on this matter (the novel is written in the 19th century) gives credibility to his story and we can only observe with horror the evils of religious obscurantism on society of the time. To read without moderation.

see on the subject, the excellent film adaptation of the play by Arthur Miller with Winona Ryder and Daniel Day-Lewis (released to theaters in 1996).

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The artificial paradises - Charles Baudelaire

Author: Charles Baudelaire
Editions: Gallimard
Collection: Folio classic
Version: New Revised Edition
Introduction: Claude Pichois
date: June 1972
Number of pages: 275 p.
Cover: Ingres. The odalisque with slave (detail). The Walter Art Gallery, Baltimore. Photo: Artephot-A. Held

Note: Pichois Claude explains in his introduction that the literature has always counted among its contributors followers of artificial paradises from Paris to Vienna. If Baudelaire's text is preceded articles Theophile Gautier, he explains it, "to make them more sensitive greatness of Baudelaire. From this comparison, this confrontation has to clear the profound originality of artificial paradise and even the first pencil of this book: From the wine and hashish, the series of articles on the contribution which opens Baudelaire. "p.8. In this edition, The Artificial Paradise are preceded by the following three texts by Théophile Gautier:

• The opium pipe: This text tells an experience shared by Theophile Gautier in a plug of opium. In his hallucinations his sense of well-being or to his anguish, the famous novelist shares his journey through the acrid smoke of opium.

• Hashish: This psychotropic substance reduced by Orientalists is tested for the first time by Theophile Gautier at a meeting for this purpose . Consumed in the form of a greenish paste sprinkled with Arabic coffee before the meal, hashish provque with the author of states of well-being that alternate with hallucinations and anxiety.

• The club Hachichins : The hashish was once the means used by the prince of the assassins to submit his subordinates. This term is inspired by " Hachichins, hashish eater, assassins root of the word, whose meaning is perfectly applicable to the fierce bloodthirsty habits of the old cronies of the mountain ." p.53-54. Violent hallucinations are caused and the writer does not control the states of euphoria, sadness or anxiety caused by the effects of green jam. Transformed into an elephant a few moments, Gautier eventually vanish before being awakened by conversations absurd when it comes to death and time stops ... ( " I felt a terrible sadness, because, putting his hand on my head, I found it open, and I lost consciousness ." P.71)

experiments psychotropic the two authors differ and it is found that Charles Baudelaire keeps a retracted position relative to the dangers of sweet reverie induced by the absorption of hashish and opium. Before going into the details of artificial paradise, below is a brief overview of his article:

• wine and hashish compared as means of propagating the individuality Baudelaire compares in this section the effects caused by the absorption respectively wine and hashish. Both substances are in his view means multiplication of individuality. It seems clear that his preference goes to the wine. " they are great shows in the wine, illuminated by the sun indoors! She is real hot and the second youth that man draws in him! But how are formidable as its pleasures and its devastating sequences annoying. "P.80. The virtues of wine are his supporters so much that he even says that negative" a man who drinks only water has a secret to hide from his fellow men. "p.84. For him, wine is the essence of human action while conversely, the hashish is unfit for action.

• Artificial Paradises: Illustrating his argument by poisoning of various people, Baudelaire describes in this paper the effects caused by the wine, opium and hashish. He dwells at length on the case of Thomas De Quincey , became an opium addict because of the words he was treating stomach by opium (read about it Confessions of an English opium addict De Quincey) . We find in this text a development of the previously presented item. The presentation of dawanesk ("mixed extracts, sugar and various flavorings such as vanilla, cinnamon, pistachio, almond, musk. Sometimes even, we add a bit of English fly for a purpose that has nothing in common with the ordinary results of hashish. (...) We can take a dose 14, 20, 30 grams, wrapped in a piece of bread to sing, or in a coffee cup. "p.116) through that of hashish or of the effects of opium, artificial paradises are composed of disparate texts written at different periods.

" I want to prove that researchers are doing their paradise hell, preparing the dig with a success that the prediction may be frightened ". Baudelaire.

The three texts havens have been met by Baudelaire and published in various editions. This edition ends with Exordium and notes for lectures (Brussels) . Read these texts more than 150 years after their publication does not deprive them of their strength: the issue of psychotropic drugs remains the same today, but in hindsight, one might find this text a bit naive. Certainly, the hashish is dangerous, but from there to praise the wine, there's a big difference. We have long known the devastation caused by alcohol and can not read without a smile the pitch Baudelaire. I liked the passage where the author speaks to men in the name of the wine ( "I will fall to the bottom of your chest like a ragweed plant. I'll be the grain that fertilizes the furrow dug painfully. Our intimate meeting will poetry. Between us, we'd be God, and flit to infinity, like birds, butterflies, son of the Virgin, perfume and all things winged. " p.82). If one keeps in mind that the use of hashish at the time was a fashion newly imported into Europe, we can excuse this ingenuity especially as the recommended mode of absorption caused Violent hallucinations and panic attacks and fatigue powerful. Note, however, that Baudelaire is more state observations that a real experience: it has indeed untested uses of hashish and only see the known cases of his entourage. Artificial paradises caused by various drugs, it seems that the effects of alcohol are not really comparable to those of hashish and opium: it is true as shown by Baudelaire, that alcohol and inhibitions the hashish introverted, it is noteworthy that the two practices n'emmènent not the consumer to the same shores. In addition, essays gathered here, though paying tribute to the imaginative and poetic writing of Baudelaire, sometimes duplication. But it raises another question, namely that the editorial policy. So I found havens interesting but nothing that seems significant in relation to the topic. We therefore understand that I do not agree with Philippe Pichois which finds that the texts of Gautier make them more sensitive to Baudelaire. In fact, what I was looking through reading this book was the experimental side experienced by the author that better describes Gautier Baudelaire ...


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