Elementary MoralityThis post–Second World War collection forms a bridge between the irrational world of Breton and the surrealist movement and the philosophical "absurd" of existentialism. Ranging widely in theme, these poems are concerned with the elements, moral fables, and theatre. Featuring unique reflections on writing and aesthetics, this compendium is Queneau's final poetic testament. |
Common terms and phrases
actor amateur autumn awaits bouquets bubbles burst centuries Chinese Ching Clay-like feet clear clouds colours coming dances David Bellos dense destriers Distant doppelgänger dream earth Elementary Morality everything eyes Faded fire flames flâneur flowers forest forget the power Frozen Georges Perec gestures goes ground hand Tracer hand Harry Mathews hexagrams horizon horses Italo Calvino Kimmeridgian knows labour leaves light lipolepse little tree looking marked mathematical memories mirror moon Morale élémentaire mountain night Nouvelle Revue Française numbers once orthoptera OuLiPo passes pebbles PHILIP TERRY poetic poetry prose poem quadratic reciprocity quennet rain RAYMOND QUENEAU ringdove river rocks Scattered seven o'clock Singular combats sleep smoke snow sometimes Spherical names spring stars stop stuck swamp There's things thriving tion Tough gorse translator turns Uncertain Urban journeys violet wait watches wind wine winter Winter wolf wolf words writing