CANTO 29
PARIS
“IT SEEMS THAT EVERYONE IS LEAVING PARIS…”
The poet heads across Paris to take a train to Milan…
NOTES:
“SINCE BALDWIN CLOSED HIS NOTEBOOK…”
Baldwin, James /ˈbɔːldwɪn / (1924–87), American novelist and black civil rights activist
“…AND GERTY AND ERNEST FELL OUT OVER TOO MANY DRINKS…”
Stein, Gertrude /stʌɪn / (1874–1946), American writer. Her home in Paris became a focus for the avant-garde during the 1920s and 1930s.
Hemingway, Ernest /ˈhɛmɪŋˌweɪ / (1899–1961), American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist.
“CELAN STUMBLES…”
Paul Celan /ˈsɛlæn / (1920 – 1970) A Romanian-born German-language poet and translator. He drowned himself in the river Seine, Paris.
“OUTCAST OSCAR”
Wilde, Oscar /wʌɪld /(1854–1900), Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and wit.
“A SUITCASE OF MANUSCRIPTS”
All of Hemingway’s papers and early writings were lost when a suitcase containing them was left unattended at Gare de Lyon in 1922
“A SUITCASE OF LIMBS”
A suit case left at King’s Cross railway station in 1934 was found to contain the legs of one of the victims of ‘The Brighton trunk murders’.
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