Dalí in Formation: A Hallucinogenic Journey (Unabridged‪)‬

This essay explores the development of Salvador Dalí, from the early phases of childhood, the bizarre and complex aims of his first experiments, to his absorption into high society of Paris in the 1930s, and his inclusion in the Surrealist movement from 1928 to 1939. The essay focuses on the makeup of a provocative and original personality acutely reflexive, intelligent, and pathologically driven. As a creative signifier of considerable and generative impact, Dalí can be identified as a unique sounding board for his own and succeeding times.