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Article: Leon-Paul Fargue.(Review)
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- New Criterion
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- April 1, 1998
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Jean-Paul Goujon Leon-Paul Fargue. Gallimard, 311 pages, 145 FF
The poet Leon-Paul Fargue (1876-1947) is something of a forgotten man in French twentieth-century literature. Although he both craved and disdained official honors, he was his own worst enemy when it came to his place in the world of letters, always late with his copy, presumptuous with his patrons, and inconsistent in his literary aims. The result is that his poetry books are difficult to find; he is remembered, if at all, for his brilliant essays on Paris and those funny poems about cats and frogs. Jean-Paul Goujon's excellent biography, published recently by Gallimard, tries to give due credit to ...
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