Carol Marie Anderson's "Visions of Reality" (1987)

Tallahassee, Florida, US: Florida State University and Ann Arbor, Michigan, US: UMI (dissertation), 1987.
11" x 9" x 0.5", 215 pages, comb-bound.

Visions of reality: Brion Gysin's evolving experimentation with reality, Carol Marie Anderson's 1987 dissertation for Florida State University (Tallahassee, Florida, US). This is a 215 page work, printed by UMI (Ann Arbor, Michigan, US) on demand. Comb-bound. This is a work exploring Gysin's development in art and literature, and how they represent experiments with the nature of reality.

This includes a transcript of a unique interview between Anderson and Gysin from 1 June 1985, as well as a bibliography.

This copy was acquired as a gift from Aloes Books, London, publisher and writer James Pennington.

Contents: 

• Chapter I: Introduction
• Chapter II: Early Influences
• Chapter III: Evolution of the Cut-Up
• Chapter IV: Naked Lunches (Novel and Screenplays)
• Chapter V: The Process
• Chapter VI: The Last Museum
• Chapter VII: Other Realities: The Dreamachine and Painting
• Chapter VIII: Conclusion
• Appendix A: Transcript of Personal Taped Interview with Brion Gysin, 1 June 1985
• Bibliography