Table of Contents
Translator's Note Richard Howard vii
Preface to the 1970 Edition ix
Preface to the 1957 Edition xi
Part I Mythologies 1
In the Ring 3
The Harcourt Actor 15
Romans in the Movies 19
The Writer on Vacation 22
The "Blue Blood" Cruise 26
Criticism Blind and Dumb 29
Saponids and Detergents 32
The Poor and the Proletariat 35
Martians 38
Operation Astra 41
Conjugals 44
Dominici, or the Triumph of Literature 48
Iconography of Abbé Pierre 53
Novels and Children 56
Toys 59
Paris Not Flooded 62
Bichon Among the Blacks 66
A Sympathetic Worker 70
Garbo's Face 73
Power and "Cool" 76
Wine and Milk 79
Steak-Frites 83
The Nautilus and the Bateau ivre 86
Depth Advertising 89
A Few Words from Monsieur Poujade 92
Adamov and Language 96
Einstein's Brain 100
The Jet-Man 103
Racine Is Racine 106
Billy Graham at the Vel' d'Hiv' 109
The Dupriez Trial 113
Shock Photos 116
Two Myths of the New Theater 119
The Tour de France as Epic 122
The Blue Guide 134
Agony Columns 138
Ornamental Cuisine 142
The Batory Cruise 145
The Man in the Street on Strike 149
African Grammar 153
Neither/Nor Criticism 161
Striptease 165
The New Citroën 169
Literature According to Minou Drouet 172
Electoral Photogeny 181
Lost Continent 184
Astrology 187
The Bourgeois Art of Song 190
Plastic 193
The Great Family of Man 196
At the Music Hall 200
The Lady of the Camellias 203
Poujade and the Intellectuals 206
Part II Myth Today 215