THÉOPHANIE BRÈVE: A PROPOS DES RÉFÉRENCES BIBLIQUES DANS LA POÉSIE DE HOLAN.

Holan's referencing of the Bible is frequent, even if we cannot assert that it is the sole, or even privileged, influence. This paper does not intend to portray the scope of these allusions, but rather to indicate by means of a few examples how and in what sense he makes varied use of the Bible's familiar imaginary landscape. More often than not his approach consists in re-working a biblical theme by superimposing it upon another theme. He was also very conscious of the poetic dimension of the Bible, most notably that of the Old Testament. If the referencing of the Bible takes on great significance in Holan, then it is primarily due to the possibilities offered by the Bible to establish a parallel between poetic creation and creation as it is set forth in the Bible itself. We have access to Holan's own handwritten annotations in the copies of the Bible in his personal library. These annotations serve an important function by allowing us to examine the correspondences between Holan's commentaries and their transformations in his writings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]