Lautréamont’s Apocrypha - Le Comte de Lautréamont

Isidore Ducasse (1846, known to the world as Lautréamont), is one of the most controversial, influential, and enigmatic figures in 19th century French literature. His classic, The Songs of Maldoror (also available in translation by R J Dent), was a precursor to the Surrealist movement and influenced many writers and artists, including André Breton, J. G. Ballard, Salvador Dali, and Man Ray, amongst others. 

Lautréamont’s Apocrypha is a companion volume to The Songs of Maldoror. It is a comprehensive collection of all of Isidore Ducasse’s written work that he created before and after he had written and published The Songs of Maldoror. This volume includes the first English translation of the first draft of The First Canto of Maldoror (known and published as the Chant Premier), Poésies, the fragments, and the letters.

‘Lautréamont’s The Songs of Maldoror [is] the black bible… almost the basic dream
text of surrealism.’ J.G. Ballard

‘The Songs of Maldoror is an enigma of redoubtable power.’ Jacques Derrida

‘The Songs of Maldoror is the expression of a revelation so complete it seems to
exceed human potential.’ André Breton

Translated into modern English by R J Dent

Illustrated by Karolina Urbaniak

Publisher: Infinity Land Press

Published: 2025

Format: Hardback

Pages: 124

Dimensions: 148 x 210mm