Abstract

Illustrations Acknowledgements Prologue: form and decay 1. Looking and loving: Harlequins in Apollinaire and Picasso 2. Signs and the imaginary: the pleasures of discontent in Roland Barthes 3. Dreams, schemes and wordplay: the surrealism of Robert Desnos 4. Sterility and power: on some paintings by Rene Magritte 5. The offerings of decay: Jean Fautrier, Les Otages 6. Clothed intimacy: theatre and sex in Marguerite Duras, Les Yeux Bleus Cheveux Noirs 7. 'Des Milliers de Parisiens': conflict, community and collapse in Jean Genet, Les Paravents Epilogue List of works consulted List of illustrations Index.

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