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Paul Legault's The Madeleine Poems are poems that center around a character named Madeleine. All of the poems have titles related to her: "Madeleine as Travelogue," "Madeleine as the New Frontier," "Madeleine as Forest Gospel," "Madeleine as Supply." Still, even having read an entire book by/about Madeleine, I'm not sure that I can describe who Madeleine is. She seems to be a shifting figure used to represent various aspect of contemporary life. Even more, she becomes a figure that allows us to explore gender and the way that it is constructed, and in some ways she seems like a stand-in for Legault.
Paul Legault's The Madeleine Poems are poems that center around a character named Madeleine. All of the poems have titles related to her: "Madeleine as Travelogue," "Madeleine as the New Frontier," "Madeleine as Forest Gospel," "Madeleine as Supply." Still, even having read an entire book by/about Madeleine, I'm not sure that I can describe who Madeleine is. She seems to be a shifting figure used to represent various aspect of contemporary life. Even more, she becomes a figure that allows us to explore gender and the way that it is constructed, and in some ways she seems like a stand-in for Legault.
All the early distances are buriedThese poems are delicate and finely crafted. They tie to each other through Madeleine, but they focus us on individual ideas/experiences through being short lyrics. They work well for pieces in a first collection and leave me wondering what Legault's future direction will be.
distances, all the early
systems were systems
of measurement, what use
have we, for what we have
he is a list of our weekly duties,
and one must learn to live negligent
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