Dédoublement explores the emotive and analytical
interpretations of T.S.Eliot’s famous poem The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock.
Dédoublement is a French term that means to act while simultaneously criticizing that action. Prufrock is the first character in modern poetry to embody this, and I wanted the structure of the book to reflect this idea.
Each stanza of the poem occupies its own page. Within each page are two pullouts: one with a traditional line-by-line analysis of the poem, and one with a collage that responds more viscerally to the content.
This seemed appropriate to T.S.Eliot's writing. While his work is rich with allusions, he believed that the poems should be of value to someone to whom the references were meaningless.
Dédoublement is a French term that means to act while simultaneously criticizing that action. Prufrock is the first character in modern poetry to embody this, and I wanted the structure of the book to reflect this idea.
Each stanza of the poem occupies its own page. Within each page are two pullouts: one with a traditional line-by-line analysis of the poem, and one with a collage that responds more viscerally to the content.
This seemed appropriate to T.S.Eliot's writing. While his work is rich with allusions, he believed that the poems should be of value to someone to whom the references were meaningless.
