The banquet years: The origins of the avant-garde in France, 1885 to World War I (Jonathan Cape paperback, JCP 62) - Softcover
The definitive chronicle of the origins of French avant-garde literature and art, Roger Shattuck's classic portrays the cultural bohemia of turn-of-the-century Paris who carried the arts into a period of renewal and accomplishment and laid the groundwork for Dadaism and Surrealism. Shattuck focuses on the careers of Alfred Jarry, Henri Rousseau, Erik Satie, and Guillaume Apollinaire, using the quartet as window into the era as he exploring a culture whose influence is at the very foundation of modern art.
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"A sweeping portrait of an era." --Justin O' Brien
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"...a fascinating and often brilliant account..."--Alfred Kazin
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Portrays the cultural bohemia of turn-of-the-century Paris who carried the arts into a period of renewal and accomplishment, who laid the ground-work for Dadaism and Surrealism.
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- PublisherCape
- Publication date1969
- ISBN 10 0224615262
- ISBN 13 9780224615266
- BindingPaperback
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