Alfred Jarry: A Critical And Biographical Study
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Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Few figures in the history of avant-garde literature are as electrifying, as deliberately unclassifiable, or as stubbornly misunderstood as Alfred Jarry — the eccentric French writer who scandalized Paris, invented a mock-science called 'Pataphysics, and unleashed upon the world the monstrous anti-hero Père Ubu. Keith Beaumont's Alfred Jarry: A Critical and Biographical Study chronicles the turbulent life and subversive genius of this singular artist, tracing his trajectory from provincial Laval to the bohemian heart of fin-de-siècle Paris, where he became as notorious for his outrageous persona as for his groundbreaking theatrical work. Beaumont presents a meticulous and authoritative account that situates Jarry firmly within the intellectual and artistic ferment of his era, drawing connections to Symbolism, proto-Surrealism, and the birth of the modern absurdist tradition. With a scholar's precision and a critic's keen eye, the study illuminates the profound influence Jarry wielded over twentieth-century art, from Dadaism to the Theatre of the Absurd — an influence that far outlasted his own tragically short life. For anyone seeking to understand the anarchic roots of modern experimental literature, this is an essential and utterly compelling point of entry.
Author: Keith Beaumont
Format: Hardback
Published: 1984, Leicester University Press
Genre: Biography
Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Few figures in the history of avant-garde literature are as electrifying, as deliberately unclassifiable, or as stubbornly misunderstood as Alfred Jarry — the eccentric French writer who scandalized Paris, invented a mock-science called 'Pataphysics, and unleashed upon the world the monstrous anti-hero Père Ubu. Keith Beaumont's Alfred Jarry: A Critical and Biographical Study chronicles the turbulent life and subversive genius of this singular artist, tracing his trajectory from provincial Laval to the bohemian heart of fin-de-siècle Paris, where he became as notorious for his outrageous persona as for his groundbreaking theatrical work. Beaumont presents a meticulous and authoritative account that situates Jarry firmly within the intellectual and artistic ferment of his era, drawing connections to Symbolism, proto-Surrealism, and the birth of the modern absurdist tradition. With a scholar's precision and a critic's keen eye, the study illuminates the profound influence Jarry wielded over twentieth-century art, from Dadaism to the Theatre of the Absurd — an influence that far outlasted his own tragically short life. For anyone seeking to understand the anarchic roots of modern experimental literature, this is an essential and utterly compelling point of entry.