Nightmare Culture: Lautréamont and the Cult of Maldoror

Le Comte de Lautreamont (Isidore Ducasse, 1846–1870) remains one of the most enigmatic figures in the history of literature. Shunned in his time yet later idolized by the surrealists, he is now recognized as a precocious genius for his evil masterpiece, The Songs Of Maldoror . Nightmare Culture is a crucial investigation into both the myth and reality of Lautreamont's brief existence and, in particular, the literary legacy and cult influence of The Songs Of Maldoror .