The Journal Of Jules Renard

Throughout his journal, Renard develops not only his artistic convictions but also his humanity as he reflects on the nineteenth-century French literary and art scene, and on the emergence of his position as an important novelist and playwright in that world. Through a mix of aphorisms and observations, short scenes, gossip, jokes, and meditations on life and art, Renard portrays the details of his personal life?his love interests, his position as a socialist mayor of Chitry, the suicide of his father?that often appear in his work. In recent years, the fragmented memoir has grown in popularity, and there?s been a resurgence of diary as an artistic form. Once again, Jean Paul Sartre?s assessment that ?directly, or indirectly, Renard is at the origin of contemporary literature? rings true. In a new introduction, Sarah Manguso?whose groundbreaking nonfiction incorporates elements of diary and aphorism?both contextualizes and celebrates Renard?s seminal journal.

Author: Jules Renard, Sarah Manguso, Sarah Manguso

Publisher: Tin House Books

Publication Date: Nov 14, 2017

Number of Pages: 264 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1941040810

ISBN-13: 9781941040812