Antonin Artaud — (1980)

Man of Vision

By Bettina L. Knapp

“Fascinating… absorbing… a penetrating study!”

Saturday Review

“This is a book which is essential to a deeper knowledge of Antonin Artaud's work…. Too much emphasis has been placed on the sensational aspects of his own life dramatization, on his madness. At last Dr. Bettina Knapp has given us a balanced analysis, interpretation and biography of Artaud, blending her familiarity with French literature, French theater with an acute psychological insight and a woman's natural gift for interrelating the work and the human being, thus bringing us closer to his inferno with more empathy…. ”

Anaïs Nin

The extraordinary actor–director–writer who developed his talent for self-torture into art to become one of the most vital creative forces of the century.