In the realms of the unreal : "insane" writings / compiled and edited by John G.H. Oakes with Donald Kennison ; [introduced by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.].

Date:
[1991], ©1991
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Description

A selection of prose and poetry written by those whom society has deemed mentally unbalanced, this book is an international compilation involving the active participation of individuals and institutions in the United States, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, and France. It is an anthology meant to be a window on alternative ways of seeing, a beginner's guide to what the "insane" can offer those...with more conventional outlooks. Introduced by Kurt Vonnegut, this volume contains more than three hundred works, including short essays, poems, and stories, by nearly one hundred individuals. Most of the contributors have never before been published, and currently are institutionalized. -- From back cover.

Publication/Creation

New York : Four Walls Eight Windows, [1991], ©1991.

Physical description

xiv, 253 pages ; 21 cm

Contents

Richard Beard -- Kelly Roach -- Stephen B. Wyde -- Eugene Bissonnette -- Richard G. Love -- Davis Wikar -- Richard P. Beeman -- David Bernatchez -- Ralph Dooley -- Miriam Kallus -- Jim Tranowski -- Marc Andre Thibert -- Joseph Stern -- James Walter Robear, Jr. -- Christine Pemberton -- Robert Crosby Loomis -- Harvey Peck -- Paul Jasper -- Susan A. Naeye -- Susan L. Rose -- Barbara Weekes -- Alvin Wilson -- Nicol -- Beth Greenspan -- Sandie Wood -- Dwight E. Reddick -- Karoselle Washington -- Samuela J. Blank -- Jo Ann Kalish -- Randy Maione -- Timothy Tonry -- Blanche Templetonnage -- Jane Pretto -- Richard Lax -- Anonymous -- Mary Rand -- Mary MacLane -- Henry Darger -- Adolf Wolfli -- Aloise Corbaz -- Henri Muller -- Jules Doudin -- Emile Josome Hodinos (Joseph Menetrier) -- Aimable Jayat -- Sylvain Lecoq -- Jacqueline -- Marmor -- Ernst Herbeck -- The Prinzhorn collection -- Ernst Bernhardt -- Else Blankenhorn -- Wilhelm Mueller -- Max Zierl -- Helena Philomena Klara Katinka Maisch -- Oskar Herzberg -- Gustav Sievers -- Johannes Felix Alexander Theodor Tauber -- Stephan Klojer -- Joseph Schneller -- Moritz Weil -- Hyacinth Baron Von Weiser -- Carl Lange -- Max Junge -- Marie-Louise M. -- Elise Mahler -- August Klett -- Rudolf Heinrichshofen -- Alois Dallmayr -- Johannes Friedrich -- Karl A. -- Karl Jost -- Julius Ahorn -- Erwin Starre -- Lorenz Seitz -- Theodor Schwebig.

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ISBN

  • 0941423522
  • 9780941423526
  • 0941423573
  • 9780941423571