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Raymond Roussel

François Caradec

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Biography. Translated from the French by Ian Monk. Raymond Roussel --poet, novelist, musician, playwright, chess enthusiast, neurasthenic, homosexual, drug addict, probable suicide--was an astonishing individual whose life was almost as intriguing as his literary opus. Since his death, Roussel's writings have come to be seen as not only unique, but as a body of work that has aroused enthusiastic appreciation and interpretation from nearly all the major French literary movements that have followed. His works have been championed by the Surrealists, the writers around the Nouveau Roman and the Oulipo, and he is the only author to whom Michel Foucault devoted an entire book. In France, this biography, based upon a huge hoard of Roussel's personal papers discovered in 1989, is acknowledged as the standard work on Roussel's life.

Language: English

Pages: 366

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Atlas Press (GB)

Release: January 01, 2002

ISBN: 1900565110

ISBN 13: 9781900565110

Raymond Roussel

François Caradec

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Biography. Translated from the French by Ian Monk. Raymond Roussel --poet, novelist, musician, playwright, chess enthusiast, neurasthenic, homosexual, drug addict, probable suicide--was an astonishing individual whose life was almost as intriguing as his literary opus. Since his death, Roussel's writings have come to be seen as not only unique, but as a body of work that has aroused enthusiastic appreciation and interpretation from nearly all the major French literary movements that have followed. His works have been championed by the Surrealists, the writers around the Nouveau Roman and the Oulipo, and he is the only author to whom Michel Foucault devoted an entire book. In France, this biography, based upon a huge hoard of Roussel's personal papers discovered in 1989, is acknowledged as the standard work on Roussel's life.

Language: English

Pages: 366

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Atlas Press (GB)

Release: January 01, 2002

ISBN: 1900565110

ISBN 13: 9781900565110

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