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Couverture du livre Clef de la poésie, de Jean Paulhan

Clef de la poésie

Jean Paulhan

"Tchoung-ni, having first dreamed that he was a fish in the waters then a bird in the air and a little later a bird in the water and a fish in the air, when he woke up saw it very correctly ". (Lie-tzeu, VI, Ɣ)
Dedication of Jean Paulhan to Raymond Queneau

"He who worries too much about the key, becomes a lock himself (chleuh proverb)".
Dedication of Jean Paulhan to Marc Bernard

"Fear of making a mistake
like a cyclops"
(Greek proverbs)
"(and let André take care of the lock!)"
Dedication of Jean Paulhan to Cassilda and André Rolland de Renéville

"If the lips were not two, the teeth would be cold (Chinese proverb)".
Dedication of Jean Paulhan

“The various investigations, the doctrines and aphorisms, the commentaries and confessions, with which we see today the poetry overwhelmed, give, in their contrariety, the most lively desire to finally release some method or key, which allows us to separate the true from the false.
I only propose here to forge this key.”


Editeur : Gallimard

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