The Life and Works of Surrealist Philippe Soupault (1897-1990): Parallel Lives

by Keith Aspley

The parallel lives Aspley (French, U. of Edinburgh) describes are all those of autobiographer, poet, novelist, playwright, journalist, traveller, self-styled phantom, and the man once accused of high treason. He examines such questions as the frontiers between truth and fiction; life and art; the limits and reliability of memory; modes of writing about the self and the world, friends, family, and loved ones; and the problems that all these pose for the biographer and critic. His perspectives include the autobiographical writings, the poet, life as fiction, the lives and works, and all the world as a stage. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Hardcover

Published January 1, 2002