The life and works of surrealist Philippe Soupault (1897-1990) : parallel lives / Keith Aspley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aspley, Keith.

Series:

Studies in French literature (Lewiston, N.Y.) ; 51.

Studies in French literature ; v. 51

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soupault, Philippe, 1897-1990.

Soupault, Philippe.

Physical Description:

xviii, 340 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lewiston N.Y. : E. Mellen Press, [2001]

Contents:

Preface: Philippe Soupault: Heterodox Surrealist (Serge Fauchereau) xi

Chapter 1 The Autobiographical Writings 7

1. Histoire d'un Blanc (1927) 8

2. Apprendre a vivre (1977) 16

3. Memoires de l'Oubli 1914-1923 (1981) 18

4. Memoires de l'Oubli 1923-1926 (1986) 34

5. Memoires de l'Oubli 1927-1933 (1997) 48

6. Vingt mille et un jours (1980) 63

7. Journal d'un fantome (1946) 69

Chapter 2 The Poet 75

1. Aquarium (1917) 75

2. Rose des vents (1919) 80

3. Les Champs magnetiques (1920) 86

4. Westwego (1922) 93

5. Georgia (1926) 97

6. Poesies completes 1917-1937 (1937) 105

7. The Poetry of the 1940s and 1950s 117

8. The Twilight Years: Crepuscules (1960-71) and beyond 128

Chapter 3 Life as Fiction 135

1. Le Bon Apotre (1923) 135

2. A la Derive (1923) 141

3. Les Freres Durandeau (1924) 147

4. Voyage d'Horace Pirouelle (1925) 159

5. En Joue! (1925) 164

6. Corps perdu (1926)/Le coeur d'or (1927) 168

7. Le Negre (1927) 177

8. Les Dernieres Nuits de Paris (1928) 183

9. Le Grand Homme (1929) 191

10. Les Moribonds (1934) 197

Chapter 4 The 'Lives and Works' 203

1. Henri Rousseau, le Douanier 203

2. Lautreamont 207

3. William Blake 210

4. Jean Lurcat (1928) 216

5. Paolo Uccello (1929) 218

6. Charlot (1931) 227

7. Baudelaire (1931) 235

8. Eugene Labiche (1945) 245

Chapter 5 'All the World's a Stage' 259

1. S'il vous plait and Vous m'oublierez 259

2. A vous de jouer! (1980) 266

3. Litterature and La Revolution surrealiste 286

4. Ecrits de cinema 1918-1931 (1979) 290

5. Newspapers, Radio, Television 299

6. 'And all the men and women merely players' 305.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-320) and index.

ISBN:

0773473580

OCLC:

46928856