Jean Cocteau : a life / Claude Arnaud ; translated by Lauren Elkin and Charlotte Mandell.
This passionate and monumental biography reassesses the life and legacy of one of the most significant cultural figures of the twentieth century Unevenly respected, easily hated, almost always suspected of being inferior to his reputation, Jean Cocteau has often been thought of as a jack-of-all-trad...
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| Other title: | Jean Cocteau. English. |
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| Language: | English French |
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Yale University Press,
[2016]
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; ONE: The Child Prodigy; TWO: Ariel; THREE: The Living God; FOUR: The Molting; FIVE: The War as Opéra; SIX: The Ordeal of Bohemia; SEVEN: The Parade of Peace; EIGHT: With Radiguet; NINE: All Against Dada; TEN: The Miraculous Years; ELEVEN: Genealogy of a Tragedy; TWELVE: The Angel's Dream; THIRTEEN: La Croix et la Bannière; FOURTEEN: "Raymond Has Returned"; FIFTEEN: The Sound of the Fall; SIXTEEN: The Tragic Years; SEVENTEEN: The Decadent One; EIGHTEEN: The Resurrection; NINTEEN: The Occupied; TWENTY: In the Heart of the Furnace.
- TWENTY-ONE: The Universal SuspectTWENTY-TWO: The Unfashionable; TWENTY-THREE: Who Is the Greatest Genius of the Century?; TWENTY-FOUR: The Survivor; Notes; Additional Resources; Acknowledgments; Index of Names Cited; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Illustrations follow page.