Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2000 A study of aspects of 1890s French literature, with specific reference to the traditions of symbolism and decadence and explaining the vibrant and experimental atmosphere of the time. Its main focus is Alfred Jarry, who has proved to be one of the more durable fin de siecle authors. Alfred Jarry (September 8, 1873 - November 1, 1907) was a French writer born in Laval, Mayenne, France, not far from the border of Brittany; he was of Breton descent on his mother's side. Best known for his play Ubu Roi (1896), which is often cited as a forerunner to the surrealist theatre of the 1920s and 1930s, Jarry wrote in a variety of genres and styles. He wrote plays, novels, poetry, essays and speculative journalism. His texts present some pioneering work in the field of absurdist literature. Sometimes grotesque or misunderstood (i.e. the opening line in his play Ubu Roi, "Merdre!", has been translated into English as "Shittr!", "Shikt!", and "Pschitt!"), he invented a science called 'pataphysics.. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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LIVERPOOL U P, 22-1. Brand new. The Pataphysician�2s Library is a study of aspects of 1890s French literature, with specific reference to the traditions of Symbolism and Decadence. Its main focus is Alfred Jarry, who has proved, perhaps surprisingly, to be one of the more durable fin-de-si�8cle authors. The originality of this study lies in its use of the enigmatic list of books termed the livres pairs, which appears in Jarry�2s 1898 novel Gestes et Opinions du docteur Faustroll, pataphysicien, his best-known prose work. The greatest interest of the livres pairs lies in a group of works by Jarry�2s friends and contemporaries, primarily Leon Bloy, Georges Darien, Gustave Kahn, Catulle Mendes, Josephin Madan, Rachilde, and Henri de Regnier. Several of these authors feature as the lords of islands visited by the pataphysician Dr Faustroll in his curious voyage around Paris. In conjunction with Jarry�2s own works, the contemporary livres pairs serve to illustrate the vibrant and experimental atmosphere in which these authors worked. (more information)

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