This is an attempt to map out modes of analysis on the basis of a study of the history and theory of free verse in France. There is an initial exploration of the scansional problems posed by a free-verse poem by Alkain Fournier and of the assumptions which might be made about its nature. Clive Scott looks for answers and verifications in the history of free verse's early years and in contemporary theoretical documents. He asks how far was free verse in France an inevitable outcome of the "liberalization" of regular verse, whether it was the result of fundamental changes in the way French rhythms were perceived, how much it owed to the popular song, to the prose poem, to translations and how far the practice of free verse coincided with its history. His principal concern is to establish on these foundations, working methods of scansion and to show how they can be applied in the interpretation of specific poems. Accordingly, the second part of the book is devoted to extended commentaries

Vers Libre: The Emergence of Free Verse in France 1886-1914

Literature & Fiction

Scott, Clive

History & Criticism

Clarendon Press

How does rhyme in French verse create and interfere with poetic meaning? Despite the importance of the topic, it has gone neglected until this study, which examines features peculiar to French rhyme; explores their contribution to poetic structure, meaning, and semantic productivity; and tests current methods of classifying rhymes. Also included are reappraisals of important poetic works by Racine, Moliere, Voltaire, Verlaine, and Aragon.

The Riches of Rhyme: Studies in French Verse

We are still a long way from knowing how to read the rhythms of free verse, a poetry which has been largely neglected by metrical theory. Clive Scott's readable and scholarly study indicates the strategies of reading needed in order to do justice to free verse's rhythmic versatility. The core of the book is an analysis of key twentieth-century poets and poems, including Perse's Éloges; Cendrars's Prose du Transsibérien, Dix-neuf poemes élastiques, and Documentaires; Apollinaire's Calligrammes; Supervielle's Gravitations; and Reverdy's Sources du vent. He also looks at contemporary trends in the visual arts--Cubism, Futurism, Orphism, photography--to illuminate free verse's perceptual models and discusses the theme of travel and movement.

Reading the Rhythm: The Poetics of French Free Verse 1910-1930

Translating the Perception of Text (Legenda Main)

Literary

Routledge

A Question of Syllables: Essays in Nineteenth-Century French Verse (Cambridge Studies in French, Series Number 14)

Dr Scott argues that only by attending to the precise locations of words in line or stanza, and to the specific value of syllables, or by understanding the often conflicting demands of rhythm and metre, can the reader of poetry acquire a real grasp of the intimate life of words in verse with all their fluctuations of meaning, mood and tone. The analyses through which the book pursues its argument address two principal concerns: the way in which syllabic position projects words and colours their complicated and challenged by the relationship of rhythm to metre.

Cambridge University Press

This 1980 book is designed to help university students to master the technicalities and techniques of French verse. The author assumes that part of the difficulty encountered by readers derives from the need to approach French verse through English verse; this book undertakes, therefore, a differentiation of the two verse traditions. Dr Scott's concern is to provide the groundwork of a terminology, to discuss the origins and implications of that terminology, and to show how terminological knowledge can be translated into critical speculation about poetry. After three chapters which establish the essential features of the French line of verse and outline the difficulties the student is likely to encounter in trying to describe it and deal with it, the book moves on to consider rhyme, stanzas, verse forms and free verse.

French Verse-Art: A Study

Developing countries lose an estimated US$20-40 billion each year through bribery, misappropriation of funds, and other corrupt practices. Much of the proceeds of this corruption find 'safe haven' in the world’s financial centers. These criminal flows are a drain on social services and economic development programs, contributing to the impoverishment of the world’s poorest countries. Many developing countries have already sought to recover stolen assets. A number of successful high-profile cases with creative international cooperation have demonstrated that asset recovery is possible. However, it is highly complex, involving coordination and collaboration with domestic agencies and ministries in multiple jurisdictions, as well as the capacity to trace and secure assets and pursue various legal options―whether criminal confiscation, non-conviction based confiscation, civil actions, or other alternatives. This process can be overwhelming for even the most experienced of practitioners. It is exceptionally difficult for those working in the context of failed states, widespread corruption, or limited resources. With this in mind, the Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) Initiative has developed the Asset Recovery Handbook: A Guide for Practitioners to guide those grappling with the strategic, organizational, investigative, and legal challenges of recovering stolen assets. A practitioner-led project, the Handbook provides common approaches to recovering stolen assets located in foreign jurisdictions, identifies the challenges that practitioners are likely to encounter, and introduces good practices. Included are examples of tools that can be used by practitioners, such as sample intelligence reports, applications for court orders, and mutual legal assistance requests.

Asset Recovery Handbook: A Guide for Practitioners (StAR Initiative)

Business & Money

BRUN, JEAN-PIERRE

Gray, Larissa

Stephenson, Kevin

Economics

World Bank Publications

This book is the record of an apprenticeship in translating Baudelaire, and in translating poetry more generally. Re-assessing the translator's task and art, Clive Scott explores various theoretical approaches as he goes in search of his own style of translation. In the course of the book, versions of seventeen of Baudelaire's poems are offered, with detailed evaluations of the poems and the translations.  Translating Baudelaire considers two neglected questions: What form should the criticism of translation take, if the critic is to do justice to the translator's 'project'? How can a translator persuade readers to respond to a translation as a text with its own creative dynamic and expressive ambitions?

Translating Baudelaire (Literary Criticism)

University of Exeter Press

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Vers Libre: The Emergence of Free Verse in France 1886-1914

The Riches of Rhyme: Studies in French Verse

Reading the Rhythm: The Poetics of French Free Verse 1910-1930

Translating the Perception of Text (Legenda Main)

A Question of Syllables: Essays in Nineteenth-Century French Verse (Cambridge Studies in French, Series Number 14)

French Verse-Art: A Study

French Verse-Art: A Study

A Question of Syllables: Essays in Nineteenth-Century French Verse (Cambridge Studies in French, Series Number 14)

Asset Recovery Handbook: A Guide for Practitioners (StAR Initiative)

Translating Baudelaire (Literary Criticism)