Description: This closely focused study of the inner movements, dynamic tensions and tactile richness of an intensely sensual but deeply searching poetry, is the first full-length monograph devoted to one of France's foremost contemporary woman poets. Marie-Claire Bancquart's work explores, primarily through the vulnerabilities and sensitivities of the body .
Brief description: Peter Broome is a well-known specialist of modern French poetry, with major books on Baudelaire, Henri Michaux, André Frénaud and Louise Herlin. He is also a prolific translator, having produced bilingual editions of Jean-Charles Vegliante's collection Les Oublies, Bancquart's Énigmatiques and, most recently, a wide-ranging anthology of Frénaud's work, Selected poems, 1938-1986.