From the Left Bank : Reflections on the Modern French Theater and Novel

Bishop, Tom

ISBN 10: 0814712606 / ISBN 13: 9780814712603

Published by NYU Press, 1997

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Synopsis:

From the Left Bank chronicles the intimate, behind-the-scenes encounters of an American Francophile and the stars of the French Avant Garde theater and literary worlds. It reflects the author's extensive, first-hand experience of the modern French theater and with those artists who wrote and staged the work that has revolutionized the way we think of theater. The book contains a distillation of Bishop's best original writings on such pivotal figures as Jean Cocteau, Jean-Louis Barrault, Eugne Ionesco, Jean Genet, Jean-Paul Sartre, Samuel Beckett, and Albert Camus in theater and Claude Simon, Robert Pinget, Philippe Sollers, and Alain Robbe-Grillet in fiction. Bishop knew these creative artists personally, and his insightful analyses provide an informative, entertaining insider's look at the development and workings of the French Avant Garde.

About the Author: Tom Bishop is the Florence Gould Professor of French Literature and the Chair of the Center for French Civilization and Culture at New York University. He was recently awarded the Grand Prix of the Acadmie Franaise.

Bibliographic Details

Title: From the Left Bank : Reflections on the ...
Publisher: NYU Press
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: As New