Who is Alfred Jarry

Ubu Roi (Dover Thrift Editions) by Alfred Jarry

A stunning, controversial work that immediately ou more...0 points

A stunning, controversial work that immediately outraged audiences with its scatological references during the 1896 premiere, the farce satirizes the tendency of the successful bourgeois to abuse his authority and become irresponsibly complacent. Championed by Dadaists and Surrealists as the first absurdist drama, <i>Ubu Roi </i>features a main character that is cruel, gluttonous, and grotesque--the author's metaphor for modern man. <br />0 points

The Ubu Plays: Includes: Ubu Rex; Ubu Cuckolded; Ubu Enchained by Alfred Jarry

Alfred Jarry is regarded as one of the founders of more...0 points

Alfred Jarry is regarded as one of the founders of modern avant-garde theatre? ?Dada, Surrealism, Pataphysics, Theatre of Cruelty, the Absurd?all owe a debt to Jarry.? (Encore) This volume contains his three classic Ubu texts: Ubu Roi, Ubu Cocu and Ubu Enchaîné. Through the lucid translations of Connolly and Taylor, the reader comes to realize that the violent and loathsome Ubu is Jarry's dark metaphor for man in the modern age. As Ubu himself said, ?We shall not have succeeded in...0 points

The Supermale by Alfred Jarry

Fiction. "The act of love is of no importance more...0 points

Fiction. "The act of love is of no importance, since it can be performed indefinitely." With that remark, the gentleman adventurer Andre Marcueil sets into motion an outrageous plot of scientific experiments and technological heroism focused on author Alfred Jarry's trinity of obsessions: sex, alcohol, and bicycles. Like a mock Jules Verne, Jarry describes the manner in which the "Supermale" ultimately proves his claim; after 82 times with a woman, attending doctors hook him...0 points

Exploits and Opinions of Dr Faustroll Pataphysician by Alfred Jarry, Roger Shattuck

Introduction by Roger Shattuck. Text by Alfred Jar more...0 points

Introduction by Roger Shattuck. Text by Alfred Jarry. Translated by Simon Watson Taylor. Paperback, 6 x 8 in. / 160 pgs /0 points

Caesar Antichrist (Collected Works of Alfred Jarry) by Alfred Jarry

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