The Surrealism Reader An Anthology of Ideas |
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| Editor:
| Ades, Dawn
Richardson, Michael
Fijalkowski, Krzysztof |
| ISBN: | 978-0-226-36996-9 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2016 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $38.00 |
Book Description:
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Surrealism is among the most influential and talked-about ideas of the twentieth century. While its contribution to art and literature is well known, its relation to the development of intellectual ideas has only recently become a matter of serious investigation. This book details the surrealist engagement with specific issues in the intellectual history of the twentieth century, drawing together essays from the whole history of surrealism to illustrate the tenacity and...
More DescriptionSurrealism is among the most influential and talked-about ideas of the twentieth century. While its contribution to art and literature is well known, its relation to the development of intellectual ideas has only recently become a matter of serious investigation. This book details the surrealist engagement with specific issues in the intellectual history of the twentieth century, drawing together essays from the whole history of surrealism to illustrate the tenacity and consistency with which the surrealists have treated themes of psychological reality and the construction of identity, cultural communication, freedom and poetry. Drawn mostly from surrealist journals, the collection will reveal the complexity of the surrealist engagement with reality by gathering together a wide range of texts, none of which has ever been translated into English.