Roussel's poetry, novels, and plays influenced the work of many well-known writers and artists: Jean Cocteau found in him "genius in its pure state", while Salvador Dali, who died with a copy of Roussel's Impressions d'Afrique on his beside table, believed him to be one of France's greatest writers ever. Edmond Rostand, Marcel Duchamp, Andre Breton, Michel Foucault, and Alain Robbe-Grillet all testified to the power of his unique imagination.
By any standards, Roussel led an extraordinary life. Tremendously wealthy, he took two world tours during which he hardly left his hotel rooms. He never wore his clothes more than twice, and generally avoided conversation because he dreaded that it might turn morbid. Ford, himself a poet, traces the evolution of Roussel's bizarre compositional methods and describes the idiosyncrasies of a life structured as obsessively as Roussel structured his writing.
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Roussel's poetry, novels, and plays influenced the work of many well-known writers and artists: Jean Cocteau found in him "genius in its pure state", while Salvador Dali, who died with a copy of Roussel's Impressions d'Afrique on his beside table, believed him to be one of France's greatest writers ever. Edmond Rostand, Marcel Duchamp, Andre Breton, Michel Foucault, and Alain Robbe-Grillet all testified to the power of his unique imagination.
By any standards, Roussel led an extraordinary life. Tremendously wealthy, he took two world tours during which he hardly left his hotel rooms. He never wore his clothes more than twice, and generally avoided conversation because he dreaded that it might turn morbid. Ford, himself a poet, traces the evolution of Roussel's bizarre compositional methods and describes the idiosyncrasies of a life structured as obsessively as Roussel structured his writing.
Imprint | Cornell University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | November 2000 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | November 2000 |
Authors | Mark Ford |
Foreword by | John Ashbery |
Dimensions | 235 x 156 x 31mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 288 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8014-3864-6 |
Barcode | 9780801438646 |
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LSN | 0-8014-3864-0 |