This new collection includes a bold contemporary translation of the ballads of François Villon.
In Villain Justin Clemens invokes the spirit of infamous French poet, vagabond and thief François Villon, through his bold, contemporary translation of Villon¹s ballads but also in his own new work, ranging from the violent and obscene to the lyrical and sublime sometimes within a single verse.
Villain unleashes a war of forms; perfect sonnets clash with mock haiku, heroic couplets and free verse, all directed towards capturing the contemporary world. But Villain also ranges over time and place, events and people, encompassing science-fiction creatures as well as medieval French criminals.
Justin Clemens revives traditional poetic forms to produce a shocking and beautiful vision of modern day life.
Justin Clemens was born in Hong Kong but grew up on Malta and Cyprus before his family returned to Australia in the early 1980s. His books include the mock-epic poem The Mundiad and the visionary novella Black River. He writes extensively on contemporary Australian art and poetry, as well as on contemporary European philosophy. He teaches at the University of Melbourne.
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Alain Badiou: Key Concepts
$34.00 – Paperback book / Acumen Publishing
Alain Badiou is one of the world’s most influential living philosophers. Few contemporary thinkers display his breadth of argument and reference, or his ability to intervene in debates critical to both analytic and conti... Buy or find out more →
Villain
$19.95 – Paperback book / Hunter Publishers
This new collection includes a bold contemporary translation of the ballads of François Villon.
In Villain Justin Clemens invokes the spirit of infamous French poet, vagabond and thief François Villon, through his bold,... Buy or find out more →
The Work of Giorgio Agamben
$125.00 – Hardcover book / Edinburgh Univ Pr
Giorgio Agamben has emerged, in the past five years, as one of the most important continental philosophers. This burgeoning popularity of his work has largely been confined to a study of the homo sacer series. Yet these ... Buy or find out more →
Black River
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Black River is the autobiography of a nonexistent personage. Drawing on literary techniques developed by Beckett, Burroughs and Borges, Black River plunges into a violent and surreal world from which the last traces of t... Buy or find out more →
Jacques Lacan and The Other Side Of Psychoanalysis Reflections On Seminar XVII
$47.95 – Paperback book / Duke Univ Pr
This collection is the first extended interrogation in any language of Jacques Lacan's Seminar XVII. Originally delivered just after the Paris uprisings of May '68, Seminar XVII marked a turning point in Lacan's thought;... Buy or find out more →