{"title":"Michael Smithies","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"lettre-autographe-signee-cocteau-a-michael-smithies","title":"Autograph letter signed, Cocteau to Michael Smithies","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"160\" data-end=\"289\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"160\" data-end=\"289\"\u003eCOCTEAU, Jean (1889–1963), Autograph Letter Signed “Jean Cocteau” to Michael Smithies, 1 July 1958, with envelope. 2 pp. 8vo.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"291\" data-end=\"666\"\u003eA \u003cstrong data-start=\"293\" data-end=\"323\"\u003evivid and revealing letter\u003c\/strong\u003e, written in Cocteau’s distinctive, breathless manner, in which he describes the exhaustion brought on by recent artistic commitments. 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data-start=\"825\" data-end=\"846\"\u003e“not very useful”\u003c\/strong\u003e, insisting they should remain unpublished, as the motives behind Gide’s criticism were \u003cstrong data-start=\"934\" data-end=\"964\"\u003e“very small and very base”\u003c\/strong\u003e, something no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"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.librairie-alexisnoque.fr\/en\/collections\/destinataire-michael-smithies.oembed","provider":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","version":"1.0","type":"link"}