food (alcohol). Gestes et Opinions du Docteur Faustroll, Pataphysicien (Exploits and Opinions of Dr. Faustroll, Pataphysician) – published posthumously in 1911. This novel's symbolism defines the symbolic meaning of pataphysique. La Dragonne – assembled and published posthumously in 1943. Other notable works Short story La Passion considérée comme course de côte (The Passion Considered as an Uphill Bicycle Race) has been widely circulated and imitated, notably by J. G. Ballard and Robert Anton Wilson. Comic operetta The Pope's Mustard-Maker (Le Moutardier du pape) First English translation (2019) by Doug Skinner. Speculative essays Speculations (Spéculations) English translation (2022) by R J Dent. Les Minutes de Sable Memorial (1894) – (Minutes of Memorial Sand) – a collection of short early works including the symbolist play Haldernablou. La Chandelle Verte: Lumières sur les Choses de ce Temps – (The Green Candle) – a collection of absurdist essays which revert his pataphysique the other way round. They address contemporary issues in an absurd manner. Originally published in reviews and collected in 1969. Illustrated Almanac of Père Ubu (1899). Illustrated Almanac of Père Ubu – 2nd edition (1901). Both the 1899 and 1901 almanacs are downloadable (in French) at http://alfredjarry.fr/jarry/ References Further reading Fell, Jill (2005). Alfred Jarry. An Imagination in Revolt. U.S.: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. . Fell, Jill (2010). Alfred Jarry. London, Reaktion Books. . Revised edition of 1958 book. Stillman, Linda Klieger (1980). La Theatralité dans l'Œuvre d'Alfred Jarry. U.S.: French Literature Publications Company. Stillman, Linda Klieger (1983). Alfred Jarry. U.S.: Twayne Publishers, . External links Ubu Roi ou Les Polonais at athena.unige.ch French satirists French surrealist writers Surrealist dramatists and playwrights Symbolist writers Absurdist writers 1873 births 1907 deaths Writers from Brittany Modernist theatre Pataphysicians French people of Breton descent Lycée Henri-IV alumni People from Laval, Mayenne 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths in France Burials at the Cimetière parisien de Bagneux 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights 19th-century French novelists 20th-century French novelists 'Pataphysics