ABSTRACT
The adjective of Greek origin “lyrique,” first appears in the French language in the sixteenth century, while the neologism “lyrisme,” lyricism, is in use from the beginning of the nineteenth century. Lyricism combines three elements: subjectivity, song, and ideality. In his writing, prose and verse alternate and enter into dialogue with each other. He often uses the term “critical lyricism” for the interweaving of verse and theory, or more accurately, the personal and impersonal. This is the sort of lyric that is cognizant about its limits; it wrestles with its inner contradictions and tensions. Jean-Michel Maulpoix, in the profusion of images leading from the infinite blue of his prose poems, touches the depths of the possessor of the lyric voice. This lyric figure is impersonal; speaking with the author’s words, he is the fourth person singular, seeking his own face in the unstitched cloth of prose.
