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He explains that he nearly collapsed from the strain of producing \u003cstrong data-start=\"524\" data-end=\"557\"\u003eceramics and two large panels\u003c\/strong\u003e for the exhibition \u003cstrong data-start=\"577\" data-end=\"596\"\u003eTerre et Cosmos\u003c\/strong\u003e, while also preparing texts for forthcoming publications in Brussels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"668\" data-end=\"1251\"\u003eCocteau encloses the requested authorisation and reflects with striking frankness on the question of publishing certain early writings. He dismisses them as \u003cstrong data-start=\"825\" data-end=\"846\"\u003e“not very useful”\u003c\/strong\u003e, insisting they should remain unpublished, as the motives behind Gide’s criticism were \u003cstrong data-start=\"934\" data-end=\"964\"\u003e“very small and very base”\u003c\/strong\u003e, something no longer perceptible when reading the texts themselves. He reminds his correspondent that his reply to Gide was written for André Germain’s review \u003cstrong data-start=\"1124\" data-end=\"1147\"\u003eLes Écrits Nouveaux\u003c\/strong\u003e and warns that republishing such material would distort it by removing it from its original atmosphere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1253\" data-end=\"1484\"\u003eHe adds a characteristic clarification concerning his recent book \u003cstrong data-start=\"1319\" data-end=\"1352\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"1321\" data-end=\"1350\"\u003eParaprosodies – 7 dialogues\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, noting that the word \u003cstrong data-start=\"1375\" data-end=\"1389\"\u003e“Seigneur”\u003c\/strong\u003e within those dialogues has \u003cstrong data-start=\"1417\" data-end=\"1443\"\u003e“no religious meaning”\u003c\/strong\u003e, the “lord” addressed being \u003cstrong data-start=\"1472\" data-end=\"1483\"\u003ehimself\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"1er Jui 1958\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrès cher Michael\u003cbr\u003eJ'ai failli crever de fatigue avec cette [?] - ces poteries et ensuite les 2 vastes panneaux pour l'exposition Terre et Cosmos.\u003cbr\u003eIl fallait en outre écrire le ménage français et le ménage belge pour septembre à Bruxelles.\u003cbr\u003eEt prépare ma [?] à [?] d'obstacle presque insupportable.\u003cbr\u003eVoilà mon excuse.\u003cbr\u003eJe ne savais pas qu'il fallait une autorisation - je te l'envoie et t'embrasse\u003cbr\u003eJean Cocteau 1958\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJe ne trouve pas ces textes très utiles. Et même je les garderai sous silence. Car la raison de Gide étaient fort petites et fort basses et elle n'apparait pas à la lecture des textes.\u003cbr\u003eMa réponse à Gide avait pour but la revue d'André Germain Les écrits nouveaux.\u003cbr\u003eLe danger de publier ce genre de choses que l'atmosphère d'époque est perdu et cela les [?] dans une atmosphère totalement fausse.\u003cbr\u003eNe vous y trompez pas le mot \"Seigneur\" n'a aucun sens religieux dans les dialogues.\u003cbr\u003eLe seigneur auquel je m'adresse c'est moi-même.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56534109520197,"sku":"0770","price":250.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/IMG_4724_jpg.jpg?v=1764719804"},{"product_id":"lettre-autographe-signee-cocteau-a-francis-coulon","title":"Signed autograph letter, Cocteau to Francis Coulon","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"177\" data-end=\"297\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"177\" data-end=\"297\"\u003eCOCTEAU, Jean (1889–1963), Autograph Letter Signed “JC” to Francis Coulon, Milly-la-Forêt, 9 October 1961. 1 p. 4to.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"299\" data-end=\"655\"\u003eA \u003cstrong data-start=\"301\" data-end=\"331\"\u003emoving and intimate letter\u003c\/strong\u003e written during the final years of Cocteau’s life, addressing what he describes as an emotional misunderstanding between himself and Francis Coulon. 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The letter culminates in a tender reassurance: Cocteau promises that, in future, he will understand that Coulon seeks \u003cstrong data-start=\"940\" data-end=\"972\"\u003enot assistance but affection\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Mon très cher Francis Coulon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMa faute a été de vous considéré comme un vrai ami (sic) et de parler la langue de l'habitude au lieu de vous ouvrir mes oreilles et mon coeur.\u003cbr\u003eLes poèmes sont une compagnie dans ma solitude et là aussi je les envisageais non comme les présences que l'habitude rend pareilles au silence.\u003cbr\u003eNe craignez rien. La prochaine fois je saurai que vous cherchez moins une aide qu'une tendresse.\u003cbr\u003eJC\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56534110011717,"sku":"0789","price":180.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/IMG_4753_jpg.jpg?v=1764719901"},{"product_id":"laigle-a-deux-tetes","title":"L'Aigle à deux têtes","description":"\u003cp\u003eCOCTEAU, Jean. L'Aigle à deux têtes.\u003cbr\u003e\nParis: Gallimard, 1946.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOctavo (187 x 125 mm). 196 pp., (2) ff. 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