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Vivienne Brough-Evans proposes a compelling new way of reevaluating aspects of international surrealism by means of the category of divin fou, and consequently deploys theories of sacred ecstasy as developed by the Collge de Sociologie (193739) as a critical tool in shedding new light on the literary oeuvre of non-French writers who worked both within and against a surrealist framework. Read more