Copyright © Editions Gallimard, Paris, 1976
English translation copyright © Lee Fahnestock, 2008
First Archipelago Books Edition, 2008
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without the prior written permission of the publisher.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ponge, Francis.
[Rage de l’expression. English]
Mute objects of expression / by Francis Ponge ;
translated from the French by Lee Fahnestock.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
eISBN : 978-1-935-74449-8
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Portions of “Carnation” and “Mimosa” first appeared in Vegetation (1988, Red Dust) and The Nature of Things (1995, Red Dust)
This publication was made possible with support from Lannan Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, and the French Ministry of Culture – Centre National du Livre.