From Library Journal
Surrealist Andr? Breton extolled Antonin Artaud (1896-1948), poet, playwright, artist, and theater theoretician, "for his passionate, heroic, negation of everything that causes us to be dead while alive." Artaud struggled with mental illness and drug addiction and was in and out of mental institutions all of his life. Here, Caws (English, French, and comparative literature, CUNY) ably translates two thought-provoking essays on Artaud into English for the first time. Th?venin, editor of most of Artaud's work, provides a graphic description and analysis of his disturbing drawings and paintings in her essay "The Search for the Lost World." In "To Unsense the Subjectile," Derrida, deconstruction's principal proponent, examines the subjectile in Artaud's work, what lies beneath or that which "refuses to be dominated by the writing process." Though it will have little appeal to a broader circle of readers, this short book will be extremely useful for scholars of the avant-garde, particularly those who are interested in Artaud.ARobert T. Ivey, Univ. of Memphis
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Book Description
translation and preface by Mary Ann Caws
"[T]his short book will be extremely useful for scholars of the avant-garde, particularly those who are interested in Artaud." -- Robert T. Ivey, Library Journal
Antonin Artaud (1896-1948)--stage and film actor, director, writer, drug addict, and visual artist--was a man of rage and genius. The Secret Art of Antonin Artaud is the first English translation of two famous texts on his drawings and portraits. In one, Jacques Derrida examines the works that he first saw on the walls of Paule Thévenin's apartment. His text, as frenzied as Artaud's, struggles with Artaud's peculiar language and is punctuated by footnotes and asides that reflect this strain ("How will they translate this?"). The more straightforward text of Paule Thévenin describes the history of Artaud's drawings and portraits.
