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A stunning, controversial work that immediately outraged audiences with its scatological references during the 1896 premiere, Ubu Roi satirizes the tendency of the successful bourgeois to abuse his authority and become irresponsibly complacent.

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"What more is possible? After us, the Savage God." -- W.B. Yeats

Ubu Roi

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    A Paperback / softback by Alfred Jarry, Barbara Wright, L. Lantier

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      Publisher New Directions Publishing Corporation
      Published 1 February 1961
      ISBN-13 9780811200721
      978-0811200721
      ISBN-10 0811200728
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      Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary studies: plays and playwrights

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A stunning, controversial work that immediately outraged audiences with its scatological references during the 1896 premiere, Ubu Roi satirizes the tendency of the successful bourgeois to abuse his authority and become irresponsibly complacent.

      Trade Review
      "What more is possible? After us, the Savage God." -- W.B. Yeats

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