In the realms of the unreal : "insane" writings / compiled and edited by John G.H. Oakes with Donald Kennison.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Oakes, John, 1961-

Kennison, Donald.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mentally ill, Writings of the.

Mental illness--Literary collections.

Mental illness.

Genre:

Literary collections.

Physical Description:

xiv, 253 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Four Walls Eight Windows, [1991]

Summary:

A selection of prose and poetry written by those whom society has deemed mentally unbalanced, In the Realms of the Unreal is an international compilation involving the active participation of individuals and institutions in the U.S., Switzerland, Austria, Germany and France. This anthology is meant to be a window on subclass ways of seeing, a beginner's guide to what the"insane" can offer those of us with more conventional outlooks.

Introduced by Kurt Vonnegut and with a foreword by the editor, In the Realms of the Unreal contains more than three hundred works -- including short essays, poems, and stories -- by nearly one hundred individuals. Most of the contributors to the anthology have never before been published, and currently are institutionalized.

ISBN:

0941423522

0941423573

OCLC:

22952095