CONTENTS: Jarry and the writers of his time by Patrick Besnier Population count Potachic culture assaulting symbolism by Henri Behar The Jarry case Pataphysics and psychoanalysis by Sylvain-Christian David Jarry and the mirliton by Noël Arnaud Jarry grappling with the everyday About some letters to Claude Terrasse by Michel Arrivé Ubu the antichrist by Henri Bordillon From one messalina to another by Brunella Eruli Mnester Or the art of the sphericubist by Thieri Foulc The nationality of Father Ubu by Maurice Bouvier-Ajam Ubu and Ybex by Marin Levesque Three little-known texts relating to Ubu by Jean-Claude Dinguirard Paul Gauguin: Ubu seen from Tahiti Laurent Tailhade: From a refused preface Firmin Gémier: The creation of Ubu Roi Jarry performed by Henri Behar Alfred Jarry and Holland by Han Séverins Jarry and England by Yves Simon Jarry and the German language by Herbert Dickhoff

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This new edition, strictly chronological, demonstrates how Jarry's work, extremely symbolist, borders on the consecration of King Ubu. He dynamites all writing from within, while, on the other hand, the soldier escapes from the sinister real through reverie. The annotation, particularly rich, testifies to the scope of the revealed sources.

Complement: This article appears in: HB, Alfred Jarry's Dramaturgy, Honoré Champion, 2002.