Jean Cocteau (Critical Survey of Poetry)
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Jean Cocteau was a formidable artist in many genres and awesomely prolific. Among his seven novels, little read today, the most important is Les Enfants terribles (1929; Enfants Terribles, 1930, also known as Children of the Game, 1955). Among his many plays, some of the most notable are Orphée (pr. 1926; Orpheus, 1933), La Voix humaine (pr., pb. 1930; The Human Voice, 1951), La Machine infernale (pr., pb. 1934; The Infernal Machine, 1936), Les Parents terribles (pr., pb. 1938;...
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