Didactic Poetries (Univocal)

By: Philippe Beck

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Synopsis: Complex, haunting, imaginative and profoundly literary, Didactic Poetries is Beck&’s response to Schiller&’s statement: &“We are still waiting for a didactic poem where thought itself would be and would remain poetic,&” and Hegel&’s claim that, &“strictly speaking, didactic poetry isn&’t poetry.&”For the acclaimed French poet, Philippe Beck, Schiller&’s task of attempting a didactic poetry remains as vital today as it was for Schiller&’s time. Is there a way to construct a poetry built and chiseled, hammered and stitched, from out of past narratives and poetries, condensed in such a manner as to make new poetic verses sing new truths? Forging a singular attempt to echo the poets and tales of a bygone age, Beck&’s didactic poetries perhaps carve out the path for renewing a poetic thought as a quasi-musical atmosphere where the reader can glimpse &“A small country &“sculpted&” as spiritual, supposed to be so at home in the Bygone Country. Alluvial layers so light, that weather disappeared, weary of variety a priori.&” Beck&’s deftly textured poems interweave contemporary commentary with cultural, historical, literary, and philosophical allusions, drawing the reader into a world of lived poetic experience.