Reading Apollinaire's Calligrammes

Reading Apollinaire''s Calligrammes examines Guillaume Apollinaire''s second major collection of poetry. Composed between 1913 and 1918, the nineteen poems examined here fall into two main groups: the experimental poetry and the war poetry. They also provide glimpses of the poet''s personal history, from his affair with Louise de Coligny-Châtillon to his engagement to Madeleine Pagès and his marri...