{"product_id":"fredegund-france-a-book-of-poetry-paperback","title":"Fredegund, France: A Book of Poetry - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFredegund, France\u003c\/em\u003e is the second book of poetry written by American poet Richard Robinson. The poetry is both modern and not so modern. The theme is France, but a different kind of France than what one might visit today, or yesterday even. Itʼs a France in the mind. Or itʼs a place where France and the mind cross. In his own words, in the preface, the author says: \"What can I say, France is to me like a woman, the one that got away maybe, or a vintage bottle of wine that one drank once and could never find again. She is to me what Woman is to Villiers [de lʼIsle-Adam]...\" As for Villiersʼ concept of Woman, Léon Bloy describes it as follows: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt has nothing to do with a pleading, with a dithyrambic paranymph, with such and such fawning praise for the dangerous Sex. It has to do with a renewal of earthly Paradise, after the harsh winter of six thousand years. It has to do with rediscovering that famous Garden of Voluptuousness, symbol and \u003c\/em\u003eaccomplishment \u003cem\u003eof Woman, which all men search gropingly for throughout the centuries. \u003c\/em\u003e[\u003cem\u003eThe Resurrection of Villiers\u003c\/em\u003e...]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat is what \u003cem\u003eFredegund, France\u003c\/em\u003e is, and as the author says, it is \"very banal.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is an excerpt from the volume, the poem \u003cem\u003eLaus Perenni\u003c\/em\u003es: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd gone are the days of \u003c\/em\u003egestes\u003cem\u003e, and tonnes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOf cider, or ambrosia, or fermented mead\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuaffed between daybreak and 3, and the need\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor damsels in forgotten towers to get undone, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Veleda, and the hordes of blonde leudes, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLying in \"wait\" in the Septentrion. And I, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLike a Sigismund, foreseeing myself dead\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAt the bottom of a well, and hearing, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbove the aqueous and glaucous swell, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe stagnant echoes of a \u003c\/em\u003elaus perennis\u003cem\u003e -\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNot for me, not for me, not for me...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 62\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.15 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46589899079877,"sku":"9781955392679","price":24.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/6uUR7FCa9L9781955392679.webp?v=1784974291","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/fredegund-france-a-book-of-poetry-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}