Antonin Artaud - A Critical Reader (Hardcover)

Contents:
Acknowledgements Note on the Text Introduction. On Antonin Artaud: A Beginner's Guide to Cruelty
Part 1. On Biography: Madness and Language I) André Breton, with André Parinaud from Conversations: the Autobiography of Surrealism ii) André Breton, 'Homage to Antonin Artaud' iii) Georges Bataille, from 'Surrealism from Day to Day' iv) Sylvère Lotringer, a selection from an interview with Jacques Latrémolière v) Gilles Deleuze, 'Thirteenth Series of the Schizophrenic and the Little Girl'
Part 2. Theatre: Acts and Representations i) Jacques Derrida, from 'The Theatre of Cruelty and The Closure of Representation' ii) Helga Finter, from 'Antonin Artaud and the Impossible Theatre. The Legacy of the Theatre of Cruelty' iii) Jerzy Grotowski, 'He Wasn't Entirely Himself' iv) Jane Goodall, 'The Plague and its Powers in Artaudian Theatre' v) Herbert Blau, from 'The Dubious Spectacle of Collective Identity' vi) Susan Sontag, from 'Approaching Artaud' vii) Leo Bersani, 'Artaud, Defecation and Birth'
Part 3. On Writing and Fine Arts i) Maurice Blanchot, 'Artaud' ii) Julia Kristeva, from 'The Subject in Process' iii) Jacques Derrida, from 'Forcener le subjectile' ('To unsense the subjectile') iv) Umberto Artioli, from 'Production of Reality or Hunger for the Impossible?'
Part 4. Beyond Words: On Film and Radio I) Allen S. Weiss, 'K' ii) Denis Hollier, 'The Death of Paper, Part Two: Artaud's Sound System' iii) Mikhail Yampolsky, from 'Voice Devoured: Artaud and Borges on Dubbing' iv) Francis Vanoye 'Cinemas of Cruelty?' Bibliography Index

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2003
First published:	2004
Editors:	Edward Scheer
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-28254-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history Promotions
LSN:	0-415-28254-3
Barcode:	9780415282543

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