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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790034003321

Autore

Fell Jill

Titolo

Alfred Jarry [[electronic resource] /] / Jill Fell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Reaktion Books, 2010

ISBN

1-283-13371-7

9786613133717

1-86189-887-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Collana

Critical lives

Disciplina

842.8 22

848.809

Soggetti

Authors, French - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Imprint page; Contents; Prologue; 1. Laval, Saint-Brieuc and Rennes; 2. Literary Success and a Rejected Coat; 3. The ArtMagazine Editor; 4. Military Service: Fiction and Fact; 5. 'After Us the Savage God'; 6. 'The Rising Light of the Quartier Latin'; 7. From Puppets to Pataphysics; 8. Through the Dimensions; 9. Journalism, Le Surmâle and Brussels; 10. Poverty, Illness and Death; Epilogue; References; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements

Sommario/riassunto

Alfred Jarry's (1873-1907) creation of the monster-tyrant Ubu in his play Ubu Roi was a watershed in theater history and brought him instant notoriety following its Paris premiere in 1896. In this concise, critical biography, Jill Fell explores this and the many achievements that this multi-talented and influential writer and playwright crammed into his short life.Drawing on numerous anecdotes and the early publications of the Collège de 'Pataphysique, Fell traces Jarry's growth and influence, as he rapidly established his literary reputation as a prose writer, jour