Spanning from 1887 to a month before his death in 1910 The Journal of JulesRenard is a unique autobiographical masterpiece that though celebrated abroadand cite... » 

Spanning from 1887 to a month before his death in 1910 The Journal of JulesRenard is a unique autobiographical masterpiece that though celebrated abroadand cited as a principle influence by writers as varying as Somerset Maughamand Donald Barthelme remains largely undiscovered in the United States.Throughout his journal Renard develops not only his artistic convictions butalso his humanity as he reflects on the nineteenthcentury French literary andart scene and the emergence of his position as an important novelist andplaywright in that world provides aphorisms and quips and portrays thedetails of his personal lifehis love interests his position as a socialistmayor of Chitry the suicide of his fatherwhich often appear in his work. «