Aurelia and Other Writings

Name: Aurelia and Other Writings
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ISBN: 9781878972095

ISBN-10: 187897209X

ISBN-13: 9781878972095

Edition: 1996

Authors: Gerard De Nerval, Geoffrey Wagner, Robert Duncan, Marc Lowenthal

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Aurelia is a document of dreams, obsession, and insanity. An account of Nerval's unrequited passion for an actress and subsequent descent into madness, this book was a favorite of artist Joseph Cornell's, and its author was championed by both Marcel Proust and Andre Breton. One of the original self-styled "bohemians," Nerval was best known in his own day for parading a lobster on a pale blue ribbon through the gardens of the Palais-Royal, and for his suicide in 1855, hanging from an apron string he called the garter of the Queen of Sheba. Geoffrey Wagner's translation of Aurelia was first published by Grove Press in 1959, but has remained out of print for nearly twenty years. Included are…

Book details

List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Exact Change
Publication date: 2/2/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Robert Duncan holds an MS in Computer, Information, and Communications Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Duncan is director of network planning at Qwest Wireless, LLC. He is a Certified Quality Engineer (American Society of Quality Control).

Francis Picabia (1879--1953), painter and poet, was a leading figure in the Dada movement.