Alain Veinstein's 'Le développement des lignes' Reviewed by Pascal Boulanger
Pascal Boulanger reviews Alain Veinstein's poetry collection 'Le développement des lignes', published by Éditions du Seuil in the Fiction et cie collection. Veinstein, known for his voice on France Culture, explores memory and forgetting through deliberately limping poems that denounce falsehood. The book situates itself after the sacralization of poetry, where the poet's posture becomes a product of the false. The final sequence, 'Entre les lignes', offers a poetic art in dialogue with André Du Bouchet, acknowledging the end of poetry as a hope to reach an obscure point of self. The review was published in artpress in May 2009.
Key facts
- Alain Veinstein is a writer and radio host on France Culture.
- The book 'Le développement des lignes' is published by Éditions du Seuil in the Fiction et cie collection.
- The poems are described as deliberately limping and follow a descriptive thread.
- The review was written by Pascal Boulanger.
- The review was published in artpress in May 2009.
- The final sequence is titled 'Entre les lignes'.
- André Du Bouchet is referenced as a master of poetic speech.
- The book addresses the end of poetry and the hope of self-discovery.
Entities
Artists
- Alain Veinstein
- André Du Bouchet
- Pascal Boulanger
Institutions
- Éditions du Seuil
- France Culture
- artpress
Sources
- artpress —