{"product_id":"fredegund-france-richard-robinson-9781955392679","title":"Fredegund, France: A Book of Poetry","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Robinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1955392676\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781955392679\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sunny Lou Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 62\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.15d","brand":"Richard Robinson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48742700712191,"sku":"9781955392679","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fredegund-france-richard-robinson-9781955392679","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}