Apparitions, Daemons, and Emanations: Poetry and Painting in the Work of Georges Bataille, Pierre Klossowski, and Henri Michaux

by Charles Freeland

This book presents a new study of the visual arts and poetry in the work of three well-known French writers and artists from the mid-twentieth century--Georges Bataille, Pierre Klossowski, and Henri Michaux. Each was fiercely independent, belonging to no school, academy, or political persuasion. What do they have in common? While the book's three central essays do not initially set out to establish comparisons between these writers, common ground...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438496648
• ISBN13: 9781438496641
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 297 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"