Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-254) and index
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: the deaths of Michel Leiris; PART I Texts and contexts; PART II The quest for presence in La Règle du jeu; Notes; Bibliography; Index
This is the first full-length study in English of Michel Leiris's work. Frequently cited as a central figure in contemporary French culture, Seán Hand explores Leiris's participation in some of the most striking intellectual and artistic movements of the twentieth century; surrealism, ethnography and existentialism amongst others