Maldoror and Poems
Lautréamont, Comte de / Knight, Paul / Knight, Paul![Maldoror and Poems](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/211/21103772/CHSBZCOP0321103772.jpg)
One of the earliest and most astonishing examples of surrealist writingInsolent and defiant, the Chants de Maldoror, by the self-styled Comte de Lautréamont (1846-70), depicts a sinister and sadistic world of unrestrained savagery and brutality. One of the earliest and most astonishing examples of surrealist writing, it follows the experiences of Maldoror, a master of disguises pursued by the police as the incarnation of evil, as he makes his ...