ARGONAUT BOOKS

As well as throwing new light on the author's own creative achievement, Secrets of Beauty is a vital contribution to aesthetic theory. Reviews Cocteau was as much attuned to chthonic or perverse energies as André Breton and crew. He just reached the depths with a lightness, discipline, and "hygiene" that (as with Wilde or Warhol) don't preclude profundity.4columns - Brian DillonExploring a vari-ety of arts and artists, it offers brief, allusive provocations, ranging from "Beauty hates ideas. It is sufficient unto itself," to "Poetry in films derives from unusual relationship...Read More