THE UBU CYCLE
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"Ubu Cocu" by Alfred Jarry
"Ubu's Almanac" by Alfred Jarry
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Ubu, Colonialist
Useful Knowledge and New Inventions
WRITINGS ON THE THEATER
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"Letter to Lugné-Poe on the Production of Ubu Roi" by Alfred Jarry
"Of the Futility of the 'Theatrical' in the Theater" by Alfred Jarry
"Preliminary Address at the First Performance of Ubu Roi" by Alfred Jarry
"Another Presentation of Ubu Roi" by Alfred Jarry
"Theater Questions" by Alfred Jarry
"Twelve Theatrical Topics" by Alfred Jarry
"Concerning Inverse Mimicry in the Characters of Henri de Régnier" by Alfred Jarry
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"The Man with the Axe" by Alfred Jarry
"Poem ('Through the door...')" by Alfred Jarry
"Poem ('The pubic arch of menhirs...')" by Alfred Jarry
"The Royal Toilet" by Alfred Jarry
"Nookie" by Alfred Jarry
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"Visions of Present and Future" by Alfred Jarry
"How to Construct a Time Machine" by Alfred Jarry
"The Passion Considered as an Uphill Bicycle Race" by Alfred Jarry
"The New Rifle" by Alfred Jarry
"Virgin and Manneken-Pis" by Alfred Jarry
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"from Days and Nights, Journal of a Deserter" by Alfred Jarry
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Book I, Chapter 3: Another Day
Book I, Chapter 5: Itinerary
Book II, Chapter 1: Adelphism and Nostalgia
Book IV, Chapter 2: Pataphysics
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Chapter 1: The House of Happiness
Chapter 7: He Danced Sometimes at Night
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Chapter 7: Atropos in the Gardens of Lucullus
Chapter 8: Apokolokyntose
"Notes to Doctor Faustroll" by Alfred Jarry
SOURCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
"The Jarry legend is fairly well established, even on this side of the channel, and we have also come to know a little about Pataphysics. Jarry wrote 'the first modern example of the Theatre of the Absurd' -- Ubu Roi ; he had a passion for bicycling, fishing, and playing cruel jokes with pistols; he chose to become addicted to alcohol and ether as aids to hallucination; he died at the age of thirty-four, his last request -- a toothpick... This book is a judicious and intelligent selection from the eight large volumes of his writings; it includes symbolist and other poems, essays, extracts from Jarry's works of fiction, and the whole of the monstrous amalgam that aficionados regard as his magistral work, the 'neo-scientific novel', Exploits and Opinions of Dr Faustroll, Pataphysician . It illustratess well the wide range of Jarry's styles, the incredible ramifications of his interests and erudition, and his total originality -- the theatre is only now catching up with some of his theories. The translations by several different pataphysical hands, are uniformly good... It is hard to imagine a better introduction to his work for the English-speaking reader than this." -- (in The Times Literary Supplement )
"This is an excellent selection, containing some of my favorite writings by Jarry. His 'How to Construct a Time Machine', when carefully examined, shows how Jarry's use of language and imagination can disguise what is actually a description of his bicycle as something fantastic and allegorical. While 'The Passion Considered as an Uphill Bicycle Race' illustrates his typical irreverance...and the tales featuring the characters of Pere Ubu and Doctor Faustroll are always guaranteed to generate a laugh. Readers unfamiliar with Alfred Jarry's work would be well-advised to check this book." --Henry W.Targowski (in Mark/Space , 1997).
Highly recommended.
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