Le livre blanc / Jean Cocteau ; translated from the French and with an introduction by Margaret Crosland ; with illustrations by Jean Cocteau.
Reissued for the 50th anniversary of Cocteau's death in 1963, "Le Livre Blanc," a "white paper" on homosexual love, was first published anonymously in France by Cocteau's contemporary Maurice Sachs and was at once decried as by the critics as obscene. The semi-autobiographical narrative describes a...
Uniform Title: | Livre blanc.
English Peter Owen modern classics. |
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Language: | English |
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French |
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Translated from the French. |
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London :
Peter Owen,
2013.
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Edition: | Revised Peter Owen modern classics edition. |
Series: | Peter Owen modern classics.
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Physical Description: | 76 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm. |
Format: | Book |
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Reissued for the 50th anniversary of Cocteau's death in 1963, "Le Livre Blanc," a "white paper" on homosexual love, was first published anonymously in France by Cocteau's contemporary Maurice Sachs and was at once decried as by the critics as obscene. The semi-autobiographical narrative describes a youth's love affairs with a succession of boys and men during the 1900s. The young man's self-deceptive attempts to find fulfillment, first through women and then by way of the church, are movingly conveyed; the book ends with a strong plea for male homosexuality to be accepted without censure. The book is fully illustrated and includes many woodcuts by the author. |
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Call Number: | PQ2605.O15 L513 2013 |
ISBN: | 9780720615128 (pbk.) 0720615127 (pbk.) |