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Desnos’s poetry of the 1920s was also shaped by his unrequited love for the singer and actress Yvonne George. Many of the lyrics in poetry collections such as Les Ténèbres (1927) and Corps et Biens (1930) are love poems to George.
Robert Desnos was a French poet whose work remains relevant today for its playful exploration of dreamlike imagery and subconscious thought. He is primarily associated with the Surrealist movement, flourishing in the 1920s and 1930s. Desnos's poetry is characterized by its use of automatic writing, a technique intended to bypass conscious ...
Desnos’s poems from this time are playful (often using puns and homonyms), sensual, and serious. The 1920s were an extremely creative period for Desnos; between 1920 and 1930, he published more than eight books of poetry, including The Night of Loveless Nights (1930); Journal d’une apparition (1927); Deuil pour deuil (1924); and Langage ...
The Voice of Robert Desnos. Robert Desnos. 1900 –. 1945. So like a flower and a current of air. the flow of water fleeting shadows. the smile glimpsed at midnight this excellent evening. so like every joy and every sadness. it is the midnight past lifting its naked body above belfries and poplars.
Robert Desnos. 1900 –. 1945. No, love is not dead in this heart these eyes and this mouth. that announced the start of its own funeral. Listen, I've had enough of the picturesque, the colorful. and the charming. I love love, its tenderness and cruelty. My love has only one name, one form.
May 2, 2022 · Essential poems and writings of Robert Desnos. by. Desnos, Robert, 1900-1945. Publication date. 2007. Publisher. Boston : Black Widow Press. Collection. internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled.
Robert Desnos was one of a group of surrealist poets who were around in the early part of the 20 th century. His contemporaries included Paul Éluard and Louis Aragon and it wasÉluard who delivered a passionate address following the death of Desnos in 1945. His speech included the following tributes:
