Title: Mad muses and the early surrealists
Description: "In startling new readings of Breton, Bataille, Cocteau, Artaud, Crevel and others, Justin Vicari examines intersections between surrealism and mental illness, deploying an interdisciplinary approach, including aesthetic theory, radical politics, and psychoanalysis. Of interest, the representation of the ideal woman as not only sexually available but mentally ill, a hysteric muse representing "authenticity" lost in modern life"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: French literature, Surrealism (Literature), History and criticism, Mental illness in literature, Women in literature, Surrealism, Women in art
Places: France
Time periods: 20th century