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'Plongée poétique : Rimbaud, Laforgue, et Vingt mille lieues sous les mers' (2018)
Journal Article
Bootle, S. (2019). 'Plongée poétique : Rimbaud, Laforgue, et Vingt mille lieues sous les mers'. Parade sauvage, 29, 133-153. https://doi.org/10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-09038-0.p.0133

Both Rimbaud and Laforgue draw inspiration from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea in their foundational poems ‘Le Bateau ivre’ and ‘Préludes autobiographiques’. This article explores the thematic links with this hypotext, paying particular attention to mo... Read More about 'Plongée poétique : Rimbaud, Laforgue, et Vingt mille lieues sous les mers'.

The Body Poetic: Laforgue's Translations of Whitman (2016)
Journal Article
Bootle, S. (2016). The Body Poetic: Laforgue's Translations of Whitman. Dix-Neuf: New Directions in Nineteenth-Century French Studies, 20(1), 25-44. https://doi.org/10.1080/14787318.2016.1141848

This article explores Jules Laforgue's 1886 translations of a selection of poems from Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass and their connections with his broader oeuvre through a thematic lens — that of corporeality. Both poets give a prominent role to emb... Read More about The Body Poetic: Laforgue's Translations of Whitman.

Jules Laforgue: Derniers vers (2012)
Book Chapter
Bootle, S. (2012). Jules Laforgue: Derniers vers. In R. Clark, E. Elliott, & J. Todd (Eds.), The Literary Encyclopedia

Jules Laforgue: Les Complaintes (2011)
Book Chapter
Bootle, S. (2011). Jules Laforgue: Les Complaintes. In R. Clark, E. Elliott, & J. Todd (Eds.), The Literary Encyclopedia

Jules Laforgue and the Illusion of Spontaneity (2011)
Journal Article
Bootle, S. (2011). Jules Laforgue and the Illusion of Spontaneity. Dix-Neuf: New Directions in Nineteenth-Century French Studies, 15(2), 166-176. https://doi.org/10.1179/147873111x13113768737118

This article asks whether Jules Laforgue's poetic practice constitutes an attempt to create the illusion of spontaneity. His aesthetic theories are extrapolated from the philosophy of Eduard von Hartmann, who holds that genius is inspired by the Unco... Read More about Jules Laforgue and the Illusion of Spontaneity.