René Daumal : the life and work of a mystic guide / Kathleen Ferrick Rosenblatt.
René Daumal : the life and work of a mystic guide / Kathleen Ferrick Rosenblatt.
René Daumal : the life and work of a mystic guide / Kathleen Ferrick Rosenblatt.
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Albany : State University of New York Press, c1999.
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N841.912/D241.1/1
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English
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Physical content
xviii, 252 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
I. Biography. 1. An Anarchist of Perception. 2. Daumal and Renunciation: The Imbecility of Individualism. 3. Drug Experimentation: Asphyxia and Absurd Evidence -- II. The Pataphysical Pursuits. 4. Surrealism and Le Grand Jeu: Living on the Pataphysical Edge. 5. The Avant-Garde and Party Politics: Ma...
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Publisher
Albany : State University of New York Press, c1999.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1999.
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Based on twenty years of research and personal interviews, Kathleen Rosenblatt's book is the first to comprehensively cover all aspects of the life and work of Rene Daumal, seminal writer of the metaphysical avant-garde. As an individual, Daumal was seen by those who knew him as a modern proto-saint with a blazing intellect and wit; as a writer, he...
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René Daumal : the life and work of a mystic guide / Kathleen Ferrick Rosenblatt.
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SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-240) and index.
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c1999.
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N841.912/D241.1/1
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74VvzMGaomyg
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0791436349 (pbk.)
9780791436332 (hc)
0791436330 (hc)
9780791436349 (pbk.)
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841.912
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991009344009702626
