Jean Cocteau : A Life / Claude Arnaud.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arnaud, Claude, Author.

Contributor:

Elkin, Lauren

Mandell, Charlotte

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963.

Cocteau, Jean.

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1039 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"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-trades, master of none. In this landmark biography, Claude Arnaud thoroughly contests this characterization, as he celebrates Cocteau's "fragile genius--a combination almost unlivable in art" but in his case so fertile. Arnaud narrates the life of this legendary French novelist, poet, playwright, director, filmmaker, and designer who, as a young man, pretended to be a sort of a god, but who died as a humble and exhausted craftsman. His moving and compassionate account examines the nature of Cocteau's chameleon-like genius, his romantic attachments, his controversial politics, and his intimate involvement with many of the century's leading artistic lights, including Picasso, Proust, Hemingway, Stravinsky, and Tennessee Williams. Already published to great critical acclaim in France, Arnaud's penetrating and deeply researched work reveals a uniquely gifted artist while offering a magnificent cultural history of the twentieth century."--Dust Jacket

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

1. THE CHILD PRODIGY

2. ARIEL

3. THE LIVING GOOD

4. THE MOLTING

5. THE WAR AS OPERA

6. THE ORDEAL OF BOHEMIA

7. THE PARADE OF PEACE

8. WITH RADIGUET

9. ALL AGAINST DADA

10. THE MIRACULOUS YEARS

11. GENEALOGY OF A TRAGEDY

12. THE ANGEL'S DREAM

13. LA CROIX ET LA BANNIERE

14. ''RAYMOND HAS RETURNED''

15. THE SOUND OF THE HALL

16. THE TRAGIC YEARS

17. THE DECADENT ONE

18. THE RESURRECTION

19. THE OCCUPIED

20. IN THE HEART OF THE FURNACE

21. THE UNIVERSAL SUSPECT

22. THE UNFASHIONABLE

23. WHO IS THE GREATEST GENIUS OF THE CENTURY?

24. THE SURVIVOR

NOTES

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INDEX OF NAMES CITED

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 05. Mai 2020)

ISBN:

0-300-18216-3

OCLC:

1153494223