Dr. Ros Murray is a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow in the department of Film Studies at Queen Mary, University of London, UK.

Introduction 1. The Limits of Representation 2. Through the Digestive System 3. Theatre, Magic and Mimesis 4. Artaud on Film 5. Artaud on Paper 6. The Machinic Body Conclusion Bibliography Filmography

This book serves as analysis of the aesthetics of materiality in the multifaceted work of Antonin Artaud, one of Twentieth-Century France's most provocative and influential figures, spanning literature, performance, art, cinema, media and critical theory.