Artaud Anthology
“Artaud Anthology” by Antonin Artaud, published by City Lights Books in 1965, presents a compelling collection of the author’s writings that delve into the depths of the human spirit. This 2nd edition spans 253 pages and is available in English. Artaud, a notable poet, sought to explore the hidden aspects of society and the self, challenging conventional norms through his unique perspective.
Readers will find in this anthology a rich exploration of themes such as the occult, magic, and the theater, alongside reflections on rebellion and revolution. Artaud’s work is characterized by a striking lucidity that resonates with contemporary issues, making his insights increasingly relevant. This collection showcases his profound thoughts on the mind and body, as well as the cosmos, inviting readers to engage with the complexities of existence and the societal structures that shape it.
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“I am the man,” wrote Artaud, “who has best charted his inmost self.” Antonin Artaud was a great poet who, like Poe, Holderlin, and Nerval, wanted to live in the infinite and asked that the human spirit burn in absolute freedom.
To society, he was a madman. Artaud, however, was not insane but in luciferian pursuit of what society keeps hidden. The man who wrote Van Gogh the Man Suicided by Society raged against the insanity of social institutions with insight that proves more prescient with every passing year. Today, as Artaud’s vatic thunder still crashes above the “larval confusion” he despised, what is most striking in his writings is an extravagant lucidity.
This collection gives us quintessential Artaud on the occult, magic, the theater, mind and body, the cosmos, rebellion, and revolution in its deepest sense.
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