Journey into Barbary

Original, ferociously witty, controversial, Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957) is celebrated as a painter - co-founder of the Vorticist movement - and writer. His most well-known novels include The Revenge for Love an Tarr, as well as a major work of fiction, The Human Age. He served in France during World War I and his subsequent paintings of war earned him a place as one of the early twentieth century's most dynamic artists. C.J. Fox, for some time a book reviewer for The Independent and other British publications, has been involved in editing several collections of Wyndham Lewis's writings, including (with Walter Michel) Wyndham Lewis on Art.

Bears witness to Lewis's vigorous admiration for the character and culture of the Berbers... and to Lewis's unconventional vision brought to bear on landscape, architecture and human beings.

• Editor's ForewordEditor's IntroductionFilibusters in Barbary (Record of a Visit to the Sous)MapEditor's NotePart One: London to CasaAuthor's ForewordI A Conventional FarewellII Marseilles Goes JapaneseIII High TableIV A Child of Don QuixoteV OranVI By Whom is French North African Inhabited?VII Arab, Turk, Berber, Black, and JewVIII Islamic SensationsIX TlemcenX Important InteriorsXI The RiffXII CasaPart Two: Rio de OroI MarrakechII Film-filibustersIII Faking a SheikIV AgadirV The Filibuster of Tooting BecVI The Brothel of AgadirVII Marshal Lyautey as the Creator of "The Great Lords of the Atlas"VIII The Clubman Filibuster of the 'NinetiesIX The Bled HotelX Into the Territory of the IkounkaXI Beau Geste of the GoumsXII Visit to a Sheik of the Anti-atlasXIII The Agadir at AssadsXIV The SousXV The "Blue Men" of the Rio De OroXVI The Sand-wind of the Coast of AtlantisXVIII Arms-smugglers as Veiled Men of the SouthKasbahs and SouksEditor's NoteWhat are the Berbers?"The Berger Bug"The Policemen of the DesertBerbers and ArabsThe Berber as "European"Kasbah-ArtThe Kasbahs of the AtlasKasbahs and Souks - A Fortress MentalityPostscript: Poor Brave Little BarbaryBibliographyNotes on Illustrations