Pugilism and Poetry: Guillaume Apollinaire, Arthur Cravan and the Poète-Boxeur

The black boxers who fled the United States to Paris in the beginning of the 20th century were a true sensation among the citys avant-garde, and of all the artists and litterateurs gathered around the rings of the Parisian boxing scene, two champions of the poetic world stand out: Guillaume Apollinaire and Arthur Cravan. For these two poets who embraced the fraternal bond which has long existed between pugilist and lyricist, the noble art came to have a unique impact both upon their poetic works and how they defined themselves as poets. By putting these two poetic heavyweights head-to-head, this thesis explores the poetry and persona of the poète-boxeur.

Name thesis:degree_name

French

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures

Year

2014

Author dc:creator

• Hancock, Austin

Contributors dc:contributor

• Bishop, Stephen
• Putnam, Walter
• Cheek, Pamela

• Poetry
• Boxing
• Pugilism
• Dada
• Surrealism
• Negrophilia
• Masculinity
• Guillaume Apollinaire
• Arthur Cravan
• Jack Johnson

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/fll_etds/80

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalrepository.unm.edu:fll_etds-1080