The Subversive Poetics of Alfred Jarry
Ubusing Culture in the Almanachs du Père Ubu
Marieke Dubbelboer
Click cover to enlarge | Research Monographs in French Studies 35 Legenda 30 January 2012 • 152pp ISBN: 978-1-907747-98-4 (hardback) • RRP £80, $110, €95 Paradox and provocation were essential features of all of the work of Alfred Jarry (1873-1907). His non-conformist attitude, whether employed to subvert literary or artistic conventions or to scrutinize social and political issues, marked both his literary writing and his view of the world. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the experimental and satirical Almanachs du Père Ubu (1898 and 1901), which to date have received little critical attention. Jarry’s groundbreaking use of collage in these early works, his absurdist humour and his rethinking of literary authorship and artistic originality foreshadow many innovations of twentieth-century art and literature. In this generously illustrated study Marieke Dubbelboer examines key characteristics of Jarry’s poetics through an analysis of the Almanachs and addresses their role within the European avant-garde. Reviews:
Bibliography entry: Dubbelboer, Marieke, The Subversive Poetics of Alfred Jarry: Ubusing Culture in the Almanachs du Père Ubu, Research Monographs in French Studies, 35 (Cambridge: Legenda, 2012) First footnote reference: 35 Marieke Dubbelboer, The Subversive Poetics of Alfred Jarry: Ubusing Culture in the Almanachs du Père Ubu, Research Monographs in French Studies, 35 (Cambridge: Legenda, 2012), p. 21. Subsequent footnote reference: 37 Dubbelboer, p. 47. (To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.) Bibliography entry: Dubbelboer, Marieke. 2012. The Subversive Poetics of Alfred Jarry: Ubusing Culture in the Almanachs du Père Ubu, Research Monographs in French Studies, 35 (Cambridge: Legenda) Example citation: ‘A quotation occurring on page 21 of this work’ (Dubbelboer 2012: 21). Example footnote reference: 35 Dubbelboer 2012: 21. (To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.)
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