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1477 - [Surrealism]. A 24-volume set: - Archives of Surrealism.
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[Surrealism]. A 24-volume set: - Archives of Surrealism. Bureau of Surrealist Research I – Journal of the Permanent Committee, October 1924–April 1925. III – Joining the Communist Party, September–December 1926. IV – Research on Sexuality, January 1928–August 1932. Paris, NRF, 1988–1992–1990, 3 vols. in-8, softback, 166–120–212 pp. Volume I introduced and annotated by Paule Thévenin, volume 3 by Margueritte Bonnet, volume 4 by José Pierre. - BANDIER (Norbert). Sociology of Surrealism 1924–1929. Paris, La dispute/Snédit, 1999, in-8, paperback, 401 pp. Index: 53 references to Artaud. Chapters on Artaud: the search for a social identity as a creator. Artaud and Surrealism: the homology of contradictions. - BEDOUIN (Jean-Louis), Surrealist Poetry. Paris, Seghers, 1970. 12mo, paperback. - BEHAR (Henri). Dada and Surrealist Theatre. Paris, N.R.F., Idées, 1979, in-12, paperback, 444 pp. Expanded edition. Chapter: ‘The Theatre of Alfred Jarry and Antonin Artaud’, 20 pp. and 5 references to Artaud. - BRIDEL (Yves). Mirrors of Surrealism. Paris, l’Age d’Homme, 1988, in-8, paperback, 201 pp. Texts on Artaud. - CLAIR (Jean). Surrealism Considered in its Relations to Totalitarianism and Spirit-Writing. Paris, Mille et une nuits, 2003, in-12, paperback, 215 pp. Index: 28 references to Artaud. - DAIX (Pierre). The Daily Life of the Surrealists 1917–1932. Paris, Hachette, 1992, in-8, paperback, 441 pp. Index: 17 references to Artaud. Chapter: Entry into politics: Artaud, editor-in-chief ‘with full powers’, the journal *Clarté*. - GAUTHIER (Xavière). Surrealism and Sexuality. Paris, N.R.F., ‘Idées’ series, 2002, in-12, paperback, 381 pp. Chapter: ‘Art, like revolution, is an act of physical violence’ and 5 other references to Artaud. - HULAK (Fabienne). Madness and Psychoanalysis in the Surrealist Experience. Nice, Z’Editions, Le Singleton, 1992, in-4, paperback, 207 pp. Chapter: ‘Automatism in Question’ by Paule Thévenin, 40 pp. - LARGE (Alix). The Libertarian Spirit of Surrealism. Lyon, Atelier de création libertaire, 1999, in-8, paperback, 111 pp. Chapter: The Motives Behind the Surrealist Revolt. - PIERRE (José). Surrealist Pamphlets and Collective Declarations (1922–1969). Volume I (1922–1939). Paris, Losfeld, 1980, in-8, hardback, dust jacket, 541 pp. Reproductions of leaflets signed by Artaud: ‘Open the Prisons, Dismiss the Army’, ‘Declaration of 27 January 1925’, ‘Letter to the Rectors of European Universities’, ‘Address to the Pope’, ‘Address to the Dalai Lama’, ‘Letter to the Schools of the Buddha’. Description and commentary, 2 pp. - JOURNAL *Le Livre* No. 1. *Antonin Artaud: Defeated and Victorious* by Arthur Adamov. In *Le Livre* No. 1. Paris, May 1948, in-12, paperback, 4 pp. - JOURNAL *MELUSINE* No. I. *Emission-réception*. *Mélusine I*. *Cahiers du Centre de Recherches sur le Surréalisme*. Lausanne, L’Age d’Homme, 1979, in-8, softback, 334 pp. Surrealism at University by Henri Behar and Christine Pouget, a catalogue of theses on Artaud between 1970 and 1978. Chapter: ‘The Literary World and Surrealism: Initial Reactions’ by E. Tonnet-Lacroix, 2 pp. on Artaud. - MELUSINE JOURNAL No. V. ‘From Excess to Polemical Powerlessness: Antonin Artaud and the Surrealists’ by Bruno Gelas. In *Melusine* No. V. Lausanne, L’Age d’Homme, 1983, in-8, softback, 13 pp. and ‘Artaud on the reverse side’ by Tom Conley, 12 pp. - *MELUSINE* JOURNAL No. VIII. Artaud in Mexico by Françoise Gaudry. In Melusine No. VIII. Lausanne, L’Age d’Homme, 1986, in-8, softback, 13 pp. - MELUSINE JOURNAL No. XIII. The Surrealist and his Psychiatrist. Lausanne, L’Age d’Homme, 1992, in-8, softback, 330 pp. René Allendy or Paracelsus the Psychoanalyst by Nicole Geblesco. 13 pp. and 1 reference to Artaud on p. 311 - MELUSINE JOURNAL No. XIX. Antonin Artaud’s Mexico by O. Penot-Lacassagne. In *Melusine* No. XIX. Lausanne, L’Age d’Homme, 1999, in-8, paperback, 11 pp. and index: 32 references to Artaud. - MELUSINE JOURNAL No. XVI. Artaud: Another Concept of Man by Dominique Pierson. In Melusine No. XVI. Lausanne, L’Age d’Homme, 1997, in-8, softback, 16 pp. and index: 9 references to Artaud. - MELUSINE JOURNAL No. XXI. ‘Reality at Stake’ (Artaud/Bataille/Berton) by M.-C. Lala. In Melusine No. XXI. Lausanne, L’Age d’Homme, 2001, in-8, softback, 9 pp. and index: 4 references to Artaud. - THOMPSON (C. W.). The Other and the Sacred – Surrealism, Cinema, Ethnology. Texts compiled by C. W. Thompson. Paris, L’Harmattan, 1995, in-8, paperback, 460 pp. Chapter: Artaud, Rouch and the Cinema of Cruelty; index: 23 references to Artaud. - TZARA (Tristan), Seven Dada Manifestos. Paris, Jean-Jacques Pauvert, Libertés Nouvelles, 1968. In-12, paperback. - Catalogue of the exhibition “La planète affolée – Surrealism, Dispersion and Influence 1938–1947”, held in Marseille at the Centre de la Vieille Charité from 12 April to 30 June 1986. Paris, Flammarion-Musées de Marseille, 1986, in-4, cardboard binding with illustrated dust jacket, 343 pages, numerous reproductions, texts by B. Noël, J. Pierre, A. Cruz-Ramirez, M. Sawin, E. Jaguer, S. Wilson, J. Vovelle, V. Linhartova, etc., 338 works on display, chronology. Index: 13 references to Artaud.
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