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==Works== | ==Works== | ||
| − | * [[Media:Roussel_Raymond_La_doublure_1897.pdf|''La Doublure'']], Alphonse Lemerre, 1897. | + | (in French unless noted) |
| − | * [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=10240 ''Impressions of Africa''], | + | * "Mon âme", 1897. A poem. |
| − | * [[Media:Roussel_Raymond_Locus_Solus_1914.pdf|''Locus Solus'']], 1914. | + | * [[Media:Roussel_Raymond_La_doublure_1897.pdf|''La Doublure'']], Alphonse Lemerre, 1897. A novel in verse. |
| − | * [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=10240 ''New Impressions of Africa''], | + | * ''La Seine'', 1900. A novel in verse. |
| + | * ''Chiquenaude'', 1900. A novel. | ||
| + | * "La vue", 1904. A poem. | ||
| + | * "Le concert", 1904. A poem. | ||
| + | * "La source", 1904. A poem. | ||
| + | * ''Impressions d'Afrique'', 1910. | ||
| + | ** [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=10240 ''Impressions of Africa''], trans. & intro. Mark Polizzotti, Dalkey Archive Press, 2011, 280 pp. {{en}} | ||
| + | * [[Media:Roussel_Raymond_Locus_Solus_1914.pdf|''Locus Solus'']], 1914. A novel. | ||
| + | * ''L'étoile au front'', 1925. A play. | ||
| + | * ''La Poussière de soleil'', 1926. A play | ||
| + | * ''Nouvelles Impressions d'Afrique'', 1932. A poem of four cantos with 59 drawings by Henri-A. Zo. | ||
| + | ** [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=10240 ''New Impressions of Africa / Nouvelles Impressions d’Afrique''], trans., intro. & notes Mark Ford, Princeton University Press, 2011, 260 pp. {{fr}}/{{en}} | ||
| + | * ''Comment j'ai écrit certains de mes livres'', 1935. | ||
| + | ** ''How I Wrote Certain of my Books'', trans. Trevor Winkfield, 1995. {{en}} Contains a cross-section of his major writings, including Roussel's essay on how he composed his books, the first chapter of each of ''Impressions d'Afrique'' and ''Locus Solus'', the fifth act of a play, the third canto of ''New Impressions of Africa'' and all 59 of its drawings, and the outline for a novel Roussel apparently never wrote. | ||
| + | * ''Parmi les noirs'', 1935. | ||
| + | ** ''Among the Blacks: Two Works'', 1988. {{en}} | ||
==Literature== | ==Literature== | ||
Revision as of 10:49, 5 July 2015
Raymond Roussel (January 20, 1877 - July 14, 1933) was a French poet, novelist, playwright, musician, and chess enthusiast. Through his novels, poems, and plays he exerted a profound influence on certain groups within 20th century French literature, including the Surrealists, Oulipo, and the authors of the nouveau roman.
Works
(in French unless noted)
- "Mon âme", 1897. A poem.
- La Doublure, Alphonse Lemerre, 1897. A novel in verse.
- La Seine, 1900. A novel in verse.
- Chiquenaude, 1900. A novel.
- "La vue", 1904. A poem.
- "Le concert", 1904. A poem.
- "La source", 1904. A poem.
- Impressions d'Afrique, 1910.
- Impressions of Africa, trans. & intro. Mark Polizzotti, Dalkey Archive Press, 2011, 280 pp. (English)
- Locus Solus, 1914. A novel.
- L'étoile au front, 1925. A play.
- La Poussière de soleil, 1926. A play
- Nouvelles Impressions d'Afrique, 1932. A poem of four cantos with 59 drawings by Henri-A. Zo.
- New Impressions of Africa / Nouvelles Impressions d’Afrique, trans., intro. & notes Mark Ford, Princeton University Press, 2011, 260 pp. (French)/(English)
- Comment j'ai écrit certains de mes livres, 1935.
- How I Wrote Certain of my Books, trans. Trevor Winkfield, 1995. (English) Contains a cross-section of his major writings, including Roussel's essay on how he composed his books, the first chapter of each of Impressions d'Afrique and Locus Solus, the fifth act of a play, the third canto of New Impressions of Africa and all 59 of its drawings, and the outline for a novel Roussel apparently never wrote.
- Parmi les noirs, 1935.
- Among the Blacks: Two Works, 1988. (English)
Literature
- Michel Foucault, Raymond Roussel, Paris: Gallimard, 1963.
