“LUMINOUS VALUES,” EUROPE, PIERRE REVERDY, NO. 777-78, JAN.–FEB. 1994, PP. 73-86.
Table of Contents: Pierre Reverdy – Poetry as an Act of Love by Mireille Loubeyre, The Face-to-Face with the Void by Jacques Gaucheron, Pierre Reverdy by Himself by Louis Thomas, Letter to René Bertelé by Pierre Reverdy, A Music of Shadow by Gérard Bocholier, The Lyricism of Reality by Michel Collot, From Rimbaud to Reverdy, The First Step That Helps by Jean Rousselot…
It seems that my lexicographical analysis of Reverdy’s use of vocabulary to express luminosity in his collected poems has drawn little attention from readers, since critics do not mention my contribution when referencing this issue of Europe! Therefore, here is the full text of my article. I acknowledge that the quotations are numerous, reflecting my aim to allow readers to discover this underappreciated poet from a very particular angle.
Republished in: Henri Béhar, La littérature et son golem, 1996, pp. 207-218.
See also:
201. “Pierre Reverdy and Nord-Sud,” Histoires littéraires, No. 30, 2007, pp. 6-15.
Read:
Pierre Reverdy, Œuvres complètes, Vol. I, 1 vol. (XXXVII-1458 p.), Paris, Flammarion, 2010, Scientific editor: Étienne-Alain Hubert. Includes: “Plupart du temps”; “Quelques poèmes”; “La lucarne ovale”; “Les ardoises du toit”; “Les jockeys camouflés”; “La guitare endormie”; “Étoiles peintes”; “Cœur de chêne”; “Cravates de chanvre”; “Le voleur de talan”; “Nord-Sud”; “Self defense”; “Other Writings on Art and Poetry”; “La peau de l’homme”; “Risques et périls”; “Le cadran quadrillé”; “La meule de soleil”; “Other Rediscovered Poems” as well as various unpublished works and poems.
Œuvres complètes, Vol. II, 1 vol. (1616 p.), Paris, Flammarion, 2010, Scientific editor: Étienne-Alain Hubert. Includes: “Main d’œuvre”; “La balle au bond”; “Sources du vent”; “Pierres blanches”; “Ferraille”; “Plein verre”; “Le chant des morts”; “Cale sèche”; “Bois vert”; “Flaques de verre”; “Le gant de crin”; “Le livre de mon bord”; “Fragments retrouvés”; “En vrac”; “Un morceau de pain noir”; “Bloc-notes et agenda”; “Writings on Art and Poetry”; “Au soleil du plafond”; “La liberté des mers”; “Sable mouvant”; “Rediscovered Poems” and various other unpublished texts and poems.