A radical re-thinking of one of the most canonized figures in theater history, theory, and practice

This is a radical re-thinking of one of the most well-known and influential theatre artists and theorists of the twentieth century. Placing Artaud's works and rhetoric within the specific context of European political, theatrical, and intellectual history of the early twentieth century, this reveals Artaud's affinities with a disturbing array of anti-intellectual and reactionary writers and artists whose ranks swelled catastrophically between the wars in Western Europe.