Le si peu certain d’une rive
Uncertainty of a River Bank
On the Work of Philippe Jaccottet
Author(s): Philippe MacaigneSubject(s): Existentialism
Published by: Classiques Garnier
Keywords: Jaccottet; shadow; trembling; crossing; equilibrium
Summary/Abstract: Encountering light by chance and only for an instant is like a declination of the shadow. The shadow highlights it without being able to put it away farther than this evidence – a doubtful order – with a fragility that may be the essence of crossing.
Journal: ALKEMIE. Revue semestrielle de littérature et philosophie
- Issue Year: 2/2021
- Issue No: 28
- Page Range: 181-182
- Page Count: 2
- Language: French
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