▁adopted ▁Bl anch ot ' s ▁technique ▁of ▁" inter view ing " ▁himself . ▁Fou ca ult ▁also ▁came ▁across ▁Hermann ▁Bro ch ' s ▁ 1 9 4 5 ▁novel ▁The ▁Death ▁of ▁Vir g il , ▁a ▁work ▁that ▁obs essed ▁both ▁him ▁and ▁Bar ra qué . ▁While ▁the ▁latter ▁attempted ▁to ▁convert ▁the ▁work ▁into ▁an ▁ep ic ▁opera , ▁Fou ca ult ▁adm ired ▁Bro ch ' s ▁text ▁for ▁its ▁port ray al ▁of ▁death ▁as ▁an ▁aff irm ation ▁of ▁life . ▁The ▁couple ▁took ▁a ▁mut ual ▁interest ▁in ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁such ▁authors ▁as ▁the ▁Mar quis ▁de ▁S ade , ▁F y odor ▁D osto ye v sky , ▁Franz ▁K afka ▁and ▁Jean ▁Gen et , ▁all ▁of ▁whose ▁works ▁expl ored ▁the ▁them es ▁of ▁sex ▁and ▁violence . ▁ ▁Inter ested ▁in ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁Swiss ▁psych ologist ▁Ludwig ▁B ins w anger , ▁Fou ca ult ▁a ided ▁family ▁friend ▁Jac qu eline ▁Ver de aux ▁in ▁transl ating ▁his ▁works ▁into ▁French . ▁Fou ca ult ▁was ▁particularly ▁interested ▁in ▁B ins w anger ' s ▁studies ▁of ▁Ellen ▁West ▁who , ▁like ▁himself , ▁had ▁a ▁deep ▁ob session ▁with ▁suic ide , ▁eventually ▁killing ▁herself . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 4 , ▁Fou ca ult ▁author ed ▁an ▁introduction ▁to ▁B ins w anger ' s ▁paper ▁" D ream ▁and ▁Ex istence ", ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁argued ▁that ▁dream s ▁constit uted ▁"