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An exhibition illustrating the interplay and mutual influence of French and American poetry, beginning in the 19th century with the discovery of Edgar Allan Poe and Walt Whitman by French writers.
Charting The Here of There expands by a century an exhibition created by Béatrice Mousli Bennett of the department of French and Italian and her husband, poet and translator Guy Bennett, for the New York Public Library. That show, called Reviews of Two Worlds: French and American Literary Magazines, 1945-2002, was presented in conjunction with the Festival of Literary Magazines and closed December 7. Both the Doheny and the New York Public Library exhibitions are based on the Bennetts' new book, Charting the Here of There: French and American Poetry in Translation 1850-2002 (Granary Press, 2002, scheduled for publication in French translation in fall 2003). On April 4-6, 2003, in connection with the show USC will host a conference co-sponsored by Doheny Memorial Library, the Graduate Writing Program at Otis College of Art and Design, and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, with the support of the Florence Gould Foundation. This conference will bring together French and American translators, magazine editors and poets, who will discuss the connections and exchanges between French and American poetry within the context of their work. The Exhibition is open during all regular Doheny Library hours.
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