Louis Aragon

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Aragon's poetry is diverse and varied. He favoured equally poetic prose and fixed-form verse, to which he brought a renewed sensibility. After a very free early period, marked by surrealism and its subversive language, Aragon returned to more classical forms (measured verse; rhyme, even). He felt that this was more in keeping with the national emergency during World War II. After the war, the political side of his poetry gave way more and more to lyricism for its own sake. He never went back on that embrace of classicism. He did however integrate a certain formal freedom with it, sometimes recalling the surrealism of his early days. Countless poems by Aragon have been set to music and become popular as songs. As a novelist he encompasses the whole ethos of the Twentieth century: surrealist novel, socialist realism, realism, nouveau roman. Indeed he was one of the founding personalities of the novel of his time. In 2010, La Poste (French Post Office) issued 3 stamps honoring Louis Aragon. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Anthologie poetes & chansons

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Anthologie poètes chansons

Amours, Les yeux et la mémoire

Surrealism Reviewed

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Poemontages: 100 Years of French Poetry

Poetes & chansons - louis aragon

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Anthologie poètes & chansons

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UbuWeb / PennSound Archive

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Poetes chansons - louis aragon

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L'Honneur des Poètes: Four French Resistance Writers

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Strauss, Poulenc, & Rihm: Werke für Violoncello und Klavier (Movimentos Edition)

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Poètes & chansons: anthologie

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