The Journal of Jules Renard

Jules Renard

The Journal of Jules Renard
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Tin House Books
Country
United States
Published
14 November 2017
Pages
264
ISBN
9781941040812

The Journal of Jules Renard

Jules Renard

Throughout his journal, Renard develops not only his artistic convictions but also his humanity as he reflects on the nineteenth-century French literary and art scene, and on the emergence of his position as an important novelist and playwright in that world. Through a mix of aphorisms and observations, short scenes, gossip, jokes, and meditations on life and art, Renard portrays the details of his personal life–his love interests, his position as a socialist mayor of Chitry, the suicide of his father–that often appear in his work.

In recent years, the fragmented memoir has grown in popularity, and there’s been a resurgence of diary as an artistic form. Once again, Jean Paul Sartre’s assessment that directly, or indirectly, Renard is at the origin of contemporary literature rings true. In a new introduction, Sarah Manguso–whose groundbreaking nonfiction incorporates elements of diary and aphorism–both contextualizes and celebrates Renard’s seminal journal.

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