The Two Faces of Ionesco

Henri Peyre, dean of French scholars in the United States, introduces "The Two Faces of Ionesco" thus: "Rosette Lamont, the shrewdest and most perceptive interpreter of Ioensco in Europe and America, and Melvin Friedman, known in France for his" Confirguation Critique de Samuel Beckett," which was published by The University of Chicago Press as "Samuel Beckett Now," have ingeniously gathered here a series of chapters by diverse hands which illuminate all the conflicting aspects of that enigmatic personality. Their introduction, and Professor Lamont's own essays in this volume, brilliantly written, unravel the thought, the technique and the complexities of Ionesco's work.