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Author Fisher, Ben.

Title The pataphysician's library : an exploration of Alfred Jarry's livres pairs / Ben Fisher.

Publication Info. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2000.

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Description 1 online resource (225 pages) : color illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-221) and index.
Summary The Pataphysician?s Library is a study of aspects of 1890s French literature, with specific reference to the traditions of Symbolism and Decadence. Its main focus is Alfred Jarry, who has proved, perhaps surprisingly, to be one of the more durable fin-de-siècle authors. The originality of this study lies in its use of the enigmatic list of books termed the livres pairs, which appears in Jarry?s 1898 novel Gestes et Opinions du docteur Faustroll, pataphysicien, his best-known prose work. The greatest interest of the livres pairs lies in a group of works by Jarry?s friends and contemporaries,
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Subject Jarry, Alfred, 1873-1907. Gestes et opinions du docteur Faustroll, pataphysicien.
Jarry, Alfred, 1873-1907 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Jarry, Alfred, 1873-1907.
Criticism and interpretation.
Jarry, Alfred, 1873-1907 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Gestes et opinions du docteur Faustroll, pataphysicien (Jarry, Alfred)
Jarry, Alfred (1873-1907). Gestes et opinions du docteur Faustroll.
Jarry, Alfred, (1873-1907) -- Livres et lecture.
French literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
French literature.
Chronological Term 19th century
1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Fisher, Ben. Pataphysician's library. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2000 0853239169 9780853239161 (DLC) 2002442718 (OCoLC)45488162
ISBN 9781846313721 (electronic book)
1846313724 (electronic book)
9780853239161
0853239169
0853239266
9780853239260 (paperback)