TY - JOUR
TI - An old Bookworm on board a ship”: Michaux and the Sea
AU - Guermès, Sophie
TI - An old Bookworm on board a ship”: Michaux and the Sea
AB - This article demonstrates the importance of the Sea in the life and the works of Henri Michaux. The representation of the Sea is subject to the “dictatorship of the Imagination”. According to his will, Michaux changes seascapes, personifies fishes and oisters, allows the soul to swim. The sea also inspires a lot of metaphors, particularly developed in the mescalinian texts. Drug becomes Ocean; the poet becomes a castaway, a drowned, then resurrected man sailing on a purified water.
VL - 2022
IS - Numéro 30
PY - 2022
SN - 2300-4681
C1 - 2353-8953
SP - 10
EP - 28
DO - 10.4467/23538953CE.22.008.16077
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/cahiers-erta/article/un-vieux-rat-de-bibliotheque-grimpe-a-bord-dun-navire-henri-michaux-et-la-mer
KW - Henri Michaux
KW - sea
KW - navy
KW - mescaline
KW - mystique