Raymond Queneau (Critical Survey of Long Fiction, Supplement)
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Raymond Queneau was a prolific writer in many forms in addition to long fiction. He published a dozen major collections of poetry, in addition to many opuscules published in private or limited additions. His poetry spoofs the seriousness of twentieth century poetry through the use of odd end-rhymes, slang, and invented forms; at the same time, he also manages to deal with serious subjects. One of Queneau’s best-known works is the unclassifiable Exercises de style (1947; Exercises in Style, 1958). In this work, he takes the kernel of a...
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