Antonin Artaud

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction

   • Ros Murray

   Pages 1-9

3. The Limits of Representation

   • Ros Murray

   Pages 10-35

4. Through the Digestive System

   • Ros Murray

   Pages 36-57

5. Theatre, Magic and Mimesis

   • Ros Murray

   Pages 58-86

6. Artaud on Film

   • Ros Murray

   Pages 87-116

7. Artaud on Paper

   • Ros Murray

   Pages 117-139

8. The Machinic Body

   • Ros Murray

   Pages 140-162

9. Conclusion

   • Ros Murray

   Pages 163-166

10. Back Matter

    Pages 167-190

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This book serves as analysis of the aesthetics of materiality in the multifaceted work of Antonin Artaud, one of Twentieth-Century France's most provocative and influential figures, spanning literature, performance, art, cinema, media and critical theory.

• Antonin Artaud
• Materialism
• aesthetics
• art
• bibliography
• body
• cinema
• corpus
• English literature
• France
• literature
• media
• performance
• theatre

'Ros Murray's engaging book offers an excellent survey across significant aspects of Antonin Artaud's ouevre, and outlines a clear set of principles that underpinned his creative energies. Starting with the premise that Artaud's work attempted to locate the origins of thought in the body, and considering the implications of this for his art, Murray seeks to put different disciplinary approaches and perspectives in dialogue as she approaches his output in various media. With an eye always on how the body and the text interact, Artaud's relationship with language is scrutinised, giving the reader a useful set of approaches to his activities that contextualises, clarifies and facilitates our continued engagement with that varied, challenging and expressive body of work.' - Mark Taylor-Batty, University of Leeds, UK

• Queen Mary University of London, UK

  Ros Murray

Dr. Ros Murray is a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow in the department of Film Studies at Queen Mary, University of London, UK.

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