Two talks on Raymond Quen eau by Richard Cobb. Professor of Modern History and Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford.
2: Queneau and Paris
Raymond Queneau, little known in this country but famous in his own, is many things: poet, novelist, critic, publisher, mathematician - and master portrayer of the little world and small people of France's traditional culture of the quartier. It is this last aspect which Richard cobb explores; as both critic and historian.