03295nam a22005415i 4500 978-3-031-72163-2 DE-He213 20251030113101.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240923s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031721632 978-3-031-72163-2 10.1007/978-3-031-72163-2 doi PN770-779 DSBH bicssc LIT024050 bisacsh DSBH thema Jackson, James. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 84865 The Poetic Idioms of Jean Cocteau’s Art [electronic resource] : Paths to Immortality / by James Jackson. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XVII, 157 p. 1 illus. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Chapter 1: Introduction: Mortal Lives, Immortal Souls -- Chapter 2: The Semantics of Love -- Chapter 3: The Spirit of the Imagination -- Chapter 4: The Ambivalence of Suffering -- Chapter 5: The Beauty of Consolation -- Chapter 6: Conclusion – La vie après la mort ?. Cocteau had an ambition many a poet has: to become immortal. But he, perhaps more than most, addressed this ambition directly in a great many of his plays, poems, and films. This book puts the work of this elusive and compelling poet under the microscope, examining how he channeled the concerns and anxieties of his age (and beyond) into his creations. Putting aside anecdotes of his life and other biographical minutiae, it turns to the creative achievements of the polymath – some well-known, some less so – to examine how he wrestles with the profound questions that concern human nature and enters into a conversation with his creative forebears on matters relating to love, imagination, suffering, and consolation. James Jackson is currently a visiting lecturer at the University of Winchester, UK. In 2022, he completed his doctorate at the University of Southampton. His broader interests include French culture, cinema, and literature; European history, culture, and cinema; intellectual history; historical memory; comparative studies; the interdisciplinary nature of the humanities/liberal arts. Literature, Modern 20th century. Poetry. 66137 France History. Motion pictures. 58496 Twentieth-Century Literature. Poetry and Poetics. 66141 History of France. Film Studies. 73070 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031721625 Printed edition: 9783031721649 Printed edition: 9783031721656 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-72163-2 ZDB-2-LCM ZDB-2-SXL 63646 63646