Blaise Cendrars : The Invention of Life.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (329 pages)
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Birth of a Poet: From Sauser to Cendrars -- 2. Profound Today: Poetry Before and After the Great War -- 3. Through the Lens: Writing, Photography, Cinema -- 4. Crossing the Line: Cendrars's American Odysseys -- 5. A Dangerous Mind: Moravagine -- 6. Polar Extremes: Le Plan de l'Aiguille and Les Confessions de Dan Yack -- 7. Extraordinary Lives: From Homer to Hollywood -- 8. Memoirs Without Being Memoirs: Reinventing the Self -- 9. Memoirs of Sea and Sky: Bourlinguer and Le Lotissement du ciel -- 10. From the Suburbs of Paris to the End of the World -- Conclusion: An Enduring Modernity -- References -- Select Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Photo Acknowledgements -- Index.