The Cocteau Diaries

by Jean Cocteau

Book Overview

Jean Cocteau delighted in shocking the world. In pubic, at least, the image he presented was one of great daring -- a man eager to defy, willing to experiment, ready to challenge. Cocteau's achievements in almost every artistic medium -- including poetry, film, illustration, criticism, and ballet -- rightfully earned him a reputation for radical versatility. He assumed Oscar Wilde's role as "world's most dazzling talker" and Thomas DeQuincey's as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0156713608
• ISBN13: 9780156713603
• Release Date: October 1988
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.3"