Meter, Constraint, Procedure:
 some problems of form
 in American and French poetry

 Q & A   July 14, 2009
 Formules Colloquium
 "Form/Formless"
 July 11-18, 2009

 
 
 

This film is...

A record of the discussion that followed Alison James' talk at the International Cultural Center in Cerisy-la-Salle (France) July 11-18, 2009. It was filmed by Raphaël Trantoul as part of a project to produce a visual record of the proceedings of the colloquium. A shorter version of Alison James' text proposed at Cerisy is available on the website of Formules/Arcade. Members of the audience, Jean-Pierre Bobillot, Jean-Jacques Thomas, Mireille Ribière, Bernardo Schiavetta, Alain Chevrier and Laurent Fourcaut, among others, asked questions.  [20:27].

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