The banquet years : the origins of the avant garde in France, 1885 to World War I : Alfred Jarry, Henri Rousseau, Erik Satie, Guillaume Apollinaire

The banquet years : the origins of the avant garde in France, 1885 to World War I : Alfred Jarry, Henri Rousseau, Erik Satie, Guillaume Apollinaire / by Roger Shattuck

Studies the avant-garde movement in France through four avant-gardists, post-Impressionist painter Henri Rousseau, composer Erik Satie, playwright Alfred Jarry, and poet Guillaume Apollinaire.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shattuck, Roger
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Vintage Books, [1968]
Edition:Revised edition.
Subjects:
Jarry, Alfred, > 1873-1907.
Rousseau, Henri, > 1844-1910.
Satie, Erik, > 1866-1925.
Apollinaire, Guillaume, > 1880-1918.
France > Intellectual life > 19th century.
France > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • Turn of a century
  • The good old days
  • Four men: four traits
  • The rejuvenation
  • Henri Rousseau, 1844-1910
  • Object lesson for modern art
  • The paintings
  • Erik Satie, 1866-1925
  • Montmartre piano player
  • Scandal, boredom, and closet music
  • Alfred Jarry, 1873-1907
  • Suicide by hallucination
  • Poet and 'pataphysician
  • Guillaume Apollinaire, 1880-1918
  • The impresario of the Avant-Garde
  • Painter-poet
  • The century turned
  • The art of stillness
  • The last banquet.

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