Misérable miracle
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Misérable miracle is a seminal autobiographical and experimental prose work by Henri Michaux that chronicles his visionary experiences and psychological explorations under the influence of mescaline.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Misérable miracle canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
autobiographical work
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book ⓘ experimental prose work ⓘ literary work ⓘ |
| author | Henri Michaux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality |
Belgian
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French ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| describes |
anxiety under mescaline
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auditory distortions ⓘ changes in time perception ⓘ euphoria under mescaline ⓘ visual hallucinations ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical literature
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drug literature ⓘ experimental literature ⓘ |
| hasAutobiographicalElement |
personal psychological reflections
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self-observation under drug influence ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryStyle |
experimental style
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surrealist influence ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
body and mind relationship
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consciousness ⓘ identity ⓘ inner experience ⓘ limits of language ⓘ madness ⓘ perception ⓘ |
| influenced |
later drug literature
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studies of altered consciousness in literature ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
altered states of consciousness
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hallucinogenic drugs ⓘ mescaline ⓘ psychological exploration ⓘ visionary experiences ⓘ |
| movement | 20th-century French literature ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed description of mescaline experiences
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innovative prose techniques ⓘ introspective psychological analysis ⓘ |
| partOf | Henri Michaux’s mescaline writings ⓘ |
| workChronologyPosition | mid-20th-century work of Henri Michaux ⓘ |
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