Mains Jointes Et Autres Poemes 1905-1923 Edition critique etablie

"Les Mains jointes was the volume with which the future Nobel Prize winner, Franois Mauriac, first made an impact on the literary scene. This edition will make available a significant text that has been out of print for several decades. The book, edited by an acknowledged Mauriac specialist, will include an Introduction covering the composition and critical reception of the poems; an assessment of Mauriac's later dismissal of his early verse; Mauriac's evolution as a poet; and an overview of Mauriac's approach to versification. This will be followed by the text of the poems, and critical notes. Paul Cooke makes use for the first time of Mauriac's "cahiers de jeunesse.Cooke, Paul is the author of 'Mains Jointes Et Autres Poemes 1905-1923 Edition critique etablie', published 2005 under ISBN 9780859897433 and ISBN 0859897435.