Gothic Surrealism : Melodrama Violence and Performance
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- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publish date: 08/28/2016
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Contents Preface List of abbreviations List of figures Introduction: 'the start of a venture' Ch.1 Crossing the Bridge: Surrealism between dream and reality Ch.2 From the Castle to the Street: Fantmas and the re-enchantment of modern urban life Ch.3 Gothic Psychology and the 'humid backroom of Spiritualism' Ch.4 The Theatre of Blood: Breton and the psychiatrists Ch.5 Dark Angel of Surrealism: Artaud, electroshock and black magic Ch.6 Heritage of the Accursed: Magic and occultism in wartime and postwar Surrealism Ch.7 Return to the Castle: Transgression and Sadean violence in the postwar era Conclusion: gothic surrealism and the mutation of inner space Index
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