The Infernal Machine: & Other Plays - Couverture souple

Cocteau, Jean

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0811200221 ISBN 13 : 9780811200226

Editeur : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1964

Synopsis

Among the great figures who pioneered the modern movement in world literature, none showed himself more versatile than France's Jean Cocteau. Poet, novelist, critic, artist, actor, film-maker, Cocteau was also one of the greatest dramatists Europe has produced, with over a dozen plays which are frequently revived, not only in France, but in translation in many other countries. For this collection, fine translations of four full-length plays, one short play, and the "Speaker's Text" for the Cocteau-Stravinsky opera Oedipus Rex have been selected. The longer plays (The Infernal Machine, Orpheus, Bacchus, Knights of the Round Table) are re-creations of classic myth and legend--poetic and highly original interpretations of certain timeless themes which have inspired great drama through the ages. The Eiffel Tower Wedding Party is, by contrast, merely a "curtain-raiser," but remarkable as un jeu d'esprit, revealing the wit and psychological penetration for which Cocteau is famous.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) was a French writer, poet, designer, draftsman, sculptor, filmmaker, and boxing manager. His list of friends--including New Directions' founder James Laughlin--would read like a catalog of the stars of the twentieth-century avant-garde. He died of a heart attack after being informed of the death of his friend, the singer Edith Piaf.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Date d'édition: 1964
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0811200221
• ISBN 13: 9780811200226
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 412
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible