Jean Cocteau: a life

by ARNAUD, CLAUDE

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Title Statements

Full title :Jean Cocteau : a life / Claude Arnaud ; translated by Lauren Elkin and Charlotte Mandell.

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

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2016

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Yale University Press
Place of Publication:New Haven
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2016

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (viii, 1014 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0300182163, 9780300182163
DOI:10.12987/9780300182163
oclc:ocn959609045
LC Classification:PQ2605.O15
Dewey Decimal:848/.912

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.