Clare
Thanks for the websites on Jarry and Ubu.
Has anyone else out there read Les Anormaux?
Thanks
Stuart
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O'Farrell
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Subject: Re: the ubuesque
Stuart says
>suggest that it describes someone who by their grotesque, absurd or cruel
>character resembles 'Ubu roi' (p. 26n. 20). Any idea who this person was,
>and if they were really a king?
Ubu Roi is a famous play written by the surrealist Alfred Jarry - check out
http://www.ukans.edu/~sma/almanac/ubutxt.htm and
http://www.mala.bc.ca/~mcneil/jarry.htm for some details.
Clare
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Thanks for the websites on Jarry and Ubu.
Has anyone else out there read Les Anormaux?
Thanks
Stuart
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Clare
O'Farrell
Sent: 19 February 2000 03:16
To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: the ubuesque
Stuart says
>suggest that it describes someone who by their grotesque, absurd or cruel
>character resembles 'Ubu roi' (p. 26n. 20). Any idea who this person was,
>and if they were really a king?
Ubu Roi is a famous play written by the surrealist Alfred Jarry - check out
http://www.ukans.edu/~sma/almanac/ubutxt.htm and
http://www.mala.bc.ca/~mcneil/jarry.htm for some details.
Clare
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Clare O'Farrell
email:c.ofarrell@xxxxxxxxxx
web page: http://www.qut.edu.au/edu/cpol/foucault/
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