The definitive chronicle of the origins of French avant-garde literature and art, Roger Shattuck's classic portrays the cultural bohemia of turn-of-the-century Paris who carried the arts into a period of renewal and accomplishment and laid the groundwork for Dadaism and Surrealism. Shattuck focuses on the careers of Alfred Jarry, Henri Rousseau, Erik Satie, and Guillaume Apollinaire, using the quartet as window into the era as he exploring a culture whose influence is at the very foundation of modern art.
- ISBN10 0394704150
- ISBN13 9780394704159
- Publish Date 12 June 1968 (first published December 1959)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 11 December 2008
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Random House USA Inc
- Edition Revised edition
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 448
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780394704159