The difficulty of being /

The difficulty of being /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963.
Uniform title:Difficulté d'être. English
Edition:1st American ed.
Imprint:New York : Coward-McCann, 1967.
Description:xvi, 160 pages ; 22 cm
Language:English
Subject:
Cocteau, Jean, -- 1889-1963.
Cocteau, Jean, -- 1889-1963.
Authors, French -- 20th century -- Biography.
Motion picture producers and directors -- France -- Biography.
Artists -- France -- Biography.
Artists.
Authors, French.
Motion picture producers and directors.
France.
Biography.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2154148
Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other uniform titles:Rorem, Ned, 1923- Evidence of things not seen
Sprigge, Elizabeth, 1900-1974.
Notes:Translation of: La difficulté d'être.
Summary:Reminiscences by one of the seminal figures in 20th century literature and art, including sketches of Proust, Picasso, Gide and Nijinsky.
Table of Contents:
  • On conversation
  • On my childhood
  • On my style
  • On the work and the legend
  • On Raymond radiguet
  • On my physique
  • On my escapes
  • On France
  • On the theatre
  • On Diaghilev and Nijunsky
  • On the marvels of cinematography
  • On friendship
  • On dreams
  • On reading
  • On measurement and Marcel Proust
  • On haunted houses
  • On pain
  • On death
  • On frivolity
  • On the Palais -Royal
  • On the rule of the soul
  • On the Guillaume Apollinaire
  • On laughter
  • On being without being
  • On words
  • On youth
  • On beauty
  • On customs
  • On line
  • On a drama in mime
  • On responsibility.

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