Literature, Art and the Pursuit of Decay in Twentieth-Century France (Paperback)

Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Prologue: form and decay; 1. Looking and loving: Harlequins in Apollinaire and Picasso; 2. Signs and the imaginary: the pleasures of discontent in Roland Barthes; 3. Dreams, schemes and wordplay: the surrealism of Robert Desnos; 4. Sterility and power: on some paintings by Rene Magritte; 5. The offerings of decay: Jean Fautrier, Les Otages; 6. Clothed intimacy: theatre and sex in Marguerite Duras, Les Yeux Bleus Cheveux Noirs; 7. 'Des Milliers de Parisiens': conflict, community and collapse in Jean Genet, Les Paravents; Epilogue; List of works consulted; List of illustrations; Index.