Ahsen maintains that Surrealism is an enervated methodology of literary and artistic transgressions. It needs rejuvenation, a megashot of adrenaline in the buttocks, and the editor supplies this via his own field of clinical psychotherapy. In true Andre Breton fashion he proclaims it in a manifesto. The late J.H. Matthews, world authority on Surrealism reacts to Ahsen's ideas. Can science come to the aid of art? We know what C.P. Snow said about the two cultures. Supporting documentation, including case histories, reflect the supposed efficacy of Ahsen's new engine of revitalization.--as
This review originally appeared in TapRoot Reviews #5,
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