Raymond Roussel and the Republic of Dreams
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| Rating | : | 4.18 (531 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0571174094 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 323 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The author's goal was to create art that retained utterly no relation to the physical world. Roussel's compositional technique, which he dubbed his proc?d?, generated a structure for the plots and images of his writing in much the same way that meter and rhyme control the arrangement of words in a sonnet. Ford neatly exposes the hidden machinations that produced Roussel's jumbled texts, while credibly linking his literary seclusion with the social isolation that his excessive wealth, clandestine homosexuality
No one's reviewed this? D. B. Visel Just a quick note to say that this is a lovely & well written biography of Raymond Roussel in English which neatly complements the one by François Caradec, which is also well worth getting. Ford's includes information on texts discovered since Caradec's biography was written; it's slightly more text-based than Roussel's more biographical study. But anything on Roussel in English makes me deliriously happy .. A good starting point if you are venturing into the world A fascinating and informative biography. A good starting point if you are venturing into the world of Roussel. Makes one want to read all of his works.
This account of Roussel's life and oeuvre traces the evolution of his bizarre compositional methods, and shows the idiosyncracies of his structured life.. Raymond Roussel's poetry, novels and plays have had a significant influence on the work of many of the 20th century's writers