TY  - BOOK
AU  - Arnaud,Claude
AU  - Elkin,Lauren
AU  - Mandell,Charlotte
TI  - Jean Cocteau: a life 
T2  - degruyterct
SN  - 0300182163
AV  - PQ2605.O15 Z56513 2016eb
U1  - 848/.912 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Cocteau, Jean,
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM
KW  - European
KW  - French
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
KW  - Literary
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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
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