Jean Cocteau
a life
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Author
Contributions
- Elkin, Lauren, translator - Contributor
- Mandell, Charlotte, translator - Contributor
Publication
2016 - Yale University Press, Connecticut
Language
English
Word Count
253,500 words, Guess
Page Count
1,014 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivejeancocteaulife0000arna
- ISBN-100300170572
- ISBN-139780300170573
- AmazonB01L7SSCX0
- Library of Congress Control Number2016930231
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number958084208
- Better World Books9780300170573
- Open LibraryOL27226478M
Classifications
- DDC848/.912
- LCCPQ2605.O15 Z55713 2016
- LCCPQ2605.O15
and 1 more
- LCCPQ2605.O15 Z56513 2016
Description
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 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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