Antonin Artaud a critical reader ; edited by Edward Scheer.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [192]-197) and index.

Introduction: on Antonin Artaud - a beginner's guide to cruelty -- Pt. I. On biography: madness and language -- 1. From Conversations: The Autobiography of Surrealism / Andre Breton and Andre Parinaud -- 2. 'Homage to Antonin Artaud' / Andre Breton -- 3. From 'Surrealism from day to day' / Georges Batailles -- 4. From an interview with Jacques Latremoliere / Sylvere Lotringer -- 5. 'Thirteenth series of the schizophrenic and the little girl' / Gilles Deleuze -- Pt. II. Theatre: acts and representations -- 6. From 'The theatre of cruelty and the closure of representation' / Jacques Derrida -- 7. From 'Antonin Artaud and the impossible theatre: the legacy of the theatre of cruelty' / Helga Finter -- 8. 'He wasn't entirely himself' / Jerzy Grotowski -- 9. 'The plague and its powers in Artaudian theatre' / Jane Goodall -- 10. From 'The dubious spectacle of collective identity' / Herbert Blau -- 11. From 'Approaching Artaud' / Susan Sontag -- 12. 'Artaud, defecation and birth' / Leo Bersani -- Pt. III. On writing and fine arts -- 13. 'Artaud' / Maurice Blanchot -- 14. From 'The subject in process' / Julia Kristeva -- 15. From 'To unsense the subjectile' / Jacques Derrida -- 16. From 'Production of reality or hunger for the impossible?' / Umberto Artioli -- Pt. IV. Beyond words: on film and radio -- 17. 'K' / Allen S. Weiss -- 18. 'The death of paper, part two: Artaud's sound system' / Denis Hollier -- 19. From 'Voice devoured: Artaud and Borges on dubbing' / Mikhail Yampolsky -- 20. 'Cinemas of cruelty?' / Francis Vanoye.