In the Flesh of the Text

This closely focused study of the inner movements, dynamic tensions and tactile richness of an intensely sensual but deeply searching poetry, is the first full-length monograph devoted to one of France's foremost contemporary woman poets. Marie-Claire Bancquart's work explores, primarily through the vulnerabilities and sensitivities of the body (hence this book's carnal' title), the possibility of releasing a cry: a salvation of language and spirit from indifference, abstraction and dehumanisati