...: André Breton (1896-1966), Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918) and Blaise Cendrars (1887-1961). The deep source of the surrealist movement can indeed be found in André Breton's involvement as an auxiliary physician with critical interest in neuropsychiatry, which caused him to discover automatic writing...

... Abstract The literary work of Blaise Cendrars (1887-1961), né Frédéric Sauser, one of the major French-speaking authors of the 20th century, is imbued with references to neuropsychiatry. This theme is a constant presence in his writing as a result of his involvement of the First World War...

... Abstract The life and works of Blaise Cendrars (1887–1961), one of the greatest French literary authors of the 20th century, were profoundly influenced by neurology. Having been wounded in the Great War in 1915, his right forearm was amputated, and he very quickly began to suffer from stump...

... Abstract The writings of Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), mathematician, physicist, and theologian, are often thought of as an ideal example of classical French prose. In fact, Pascal’s scientific contributions include the principle of hydrostatics, known as Pascal’s Law. In mathematics, he helped...

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... Abstract Many artists were involved in the First World War. Some of them were mobilized, like millions of soldiers, others enlisted to fight on the battlefield. The stories of writers who returned neurologically wounded from the war, such as Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918) or Blaise Cendrars...

... writer Jean Giono (1895-1970), the naturalist Maurice Genevoix (1890-1980), who suffered himself from a section of the left median and ulnar nerves, or the British poet Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967). War hysteria and pathological fear have been described, on several occasions, by Blaise Cendrars (1887...

... available to a much larger audience. Pirandello continued to elaborate upon this concept of mutable ego, established by Blaise Pascal in the 1600s and carried on by the French psychologist Alfred Binet. Luigi Pirandello (1867-1937) Luigi Pirandello ( fig. 1 ) was an Italian playwright, novelist...

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