Professor at the University of California, Renée Riese Hubert (1916–2005) had reviewed – very favorably – my work on Dada and surrealist theater. We had then entered into a relationship, and, every time she came to France, we never failed to meet to exchange news about research concerning our respective interests. Charged with putting together an issue of L'Esprit créateur on Jarry, she did not fail to ask me for a contribution.

L'Esprit Createur is devoted to the study of French and Francophone literature, film, and culture. Covering all periods from the medieval to the contemporary, L'Esprit Créateur represents the major fields of the discipline of French and Francophone Studies, including literature and literary history, postcolonial studies, gender studies, film and visual studies, ecocriticism, critical theory, and cultural studies.
Featuring articles in English and in French, L'Esprit Créateur publishes work from a broad diversity of critical approaches.
For more than 50 years, the scholarship appearing in the journal's pages has shaped the field of French and Francophone Studies. L'Esprit Createu is published by The Johns Hopkins University Press

This issue of L'Esprit créateur was devoted to Alfred Jarry.

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Language and pataphysics Michel Arrivé, pp. 7 - 19
Machinations of Celibacy and Desire, Linda Klieger Stillman, pp: 20 - 35
Jarry and Popular Imagery, Henri Béhar: pp: 36 - 47
La Chandelle verte and the fait divers, David F Bell, pp: 48 - 56 Jarry's Messaline: The Text and the Phœnix, Brunella Eruli: pp: 57 - 66 Intertextual Interlude: Jarry's Léda, Michael Issacharoff, pp: 67 - 74 Raw and Cooked: An Interpretation of Ubu roi, Renée R Hubert, pp: 75 - 66

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