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Program

Research Programs: Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars

Period of Performance

7/1/1972 - 12/31/1972

Funding Totals

$7,500.00 (approved)
$7,500.00 (awarded)

The Revolt Against Language in 19th and 20th Century French Poetry

FAIN: FB-11213-72

Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT 06459-3208)
Richard H. Stamelman (Project Director: July 1972 to present)

To permit the study of the 19th and 20th century revolt against language among selected French poets. The revolt against the universe and the human condition is seen as related to a revolt against language which supports that universe and which serves to make it coherent, rational and comprehensible.