Henri Michaux's 'Quatre Cents Hommes en Croix': Drawings and texts about the man on the cross (1925)

Authors
Mathieu, JC
Citation
Jc. Mathieu, Henri Michaux's 'Quatre Cents Hommes en Croix': Drawings and texts about the man on the cross (1925), LITTERATURE, (115), 1999, pp. 31-41
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Literature
Journal title
LITTERATURE
ISSN journal
00474800 → ACNP
Issue
115
Year of publication
1999
Pages
31 - 41
Database
ISI
SICI code
0047-4800(199909):115<31:HM'CHE>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
In 1925, Michaux loved Lautreamont, Ernest Hello-and Christ. In 1925 (also experimenting with drugs) he published drawings and texts about the man on the cross, which fail to revive the figure while suggesting other figures f or a faith whose transfer to literature is refused.