Wagstaff (French, U. of Birmingham, UK) examines the way French writers of po矇sie critique (not a sub-genre of art history or poetic writing, she notes, "po矇sie critique has been essential to
the poetic practice of many twentieth-century writers") responded to the work of Swiss visual artist Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966). In choosing this focus, she aims to address two issues.
First, the sheer number of responses to Giacometti's work allows for the consideration of a range of texts by different authors with a single focus, thus allowing for comparison and discussion
of the variety of forms that po矇sie critique can take. Secondly, the sheer number of writings also provokes questions about the interest generated by Giacometti, as well as the implications of
decisions to write about him for the forms of the texts that were produced by the French po矇sie critique writers. Annotation 穢2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
