Maksimov V. I. An Introduction to the system of Antonin Artaud / V. I. Maksimov. – 2nd edition, revised. – Saint Petersburg: Lan: The Planet of Music, 2021. – 552 pages: ill. – Text: direct.
Antonin Artaud (1896–1948) was a French poet and author, screenwriter and playwright, theater and film actor, director and theater theorist, philosopher and publicist, artist and set designer.
In the work of Doctor of Art History, Professor of the Russian Institute of Performing Arts V. I. Maksimov «An Introduction to the system of Antonin Artaud» the Artaud’s philosophical and artistic concept is considered in its entirety, in the combination of science and art, theory and practice, theater and literature, philosophy and myth. The publication includes a full commented translation of «The Théâtre and its Double» (with the appendix of «Seraphim’s théâtre»), the main work by Artaud.
The edition is addressed to students of theater universities, theater experts and everyone interested in the history of theater.
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