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Antonin Artaud : Collected Works (Volume 3)

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This third volume of A. Artaud for whom Sartre siad that he is "the new poet of horror" continued the complete edition of his works. It is not as important as the "Theatre and its double" or Artaud's poems, but includes some of his Scenarios, views on the Cinema, Interviews held with Artaud, as well as his correspondance with Mademoiselle Yvonne Gilles, Madame Yvonne Allendy, Louis Jouvet and others. Although this volume might not be as significant as those containing his poetry and views on the theatre, it is an important link if we want to understand - as far as this is possible - the inner world of a man of tragic insolubility without gaining a distance of safety - that of an audience. Despite being known for his thetre of cruelty, Artaud is more a poet of sharp realization of existence; this volume adds to this understanding.