The History of Surrealism"I believe," André Breton said, "in the future resolution of the states of dream and reality--in appearance so contradictory--in a sort of absolute reality, or surréalité." The Surrealist movement, born in the 1920s out of the ferment of Dada, committed to revolution against bourgeois rationalism, and inspired by Freudian exploration of the unconscious, has reverberated more widely and deeply than perhaps any other art movement in our century. Its automatism, biomorphic shapes, visionary mode, and manipulation of found objects mark the work of artists as different as Ernst, Miró, Magritte, and Dali. Maurice Nadeau's History of Surrealism, first published in French in 1944 and in English in 1965, has become a classic. It is both lucid and authoritative--by far the best overall account of this complex movement. Nadeau traces the evolution of Surrealism, bringing to life its many internal debates about politics and art. He relates the movement to its intellectual and artistic environment. And he provides the statements and manifestos of Breton, Aragon, Tzara, and others. |
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If silence threatens to take over because you have made a mistake . . following the word whose origin seems suspect to you , put down any letter , the letter 1 for instance , always the letter 1 , and restore the arbitrary by imposing ...
Thus on February 12 , 1929 , a letter was sent to a certain num- ber of personalities close to and remote from surrealism or the Revolution , asking them for an account of their present ideological position with a view to individual or ...
They were in- formed at the same time , in a letter signed by Aragon , Fourrier , Péret , Queneau , and Unik , of the defections , and were offered " as a theme for discussion a critical consideration of the recent treat- ment of Leon ...
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Gebruikersrecensie - giovannigf - LibraryThingVery comprehensive history of the movement largely based on the group's documents: manifestos, edicts, articles, and speeches. Unfortunately that means that the individual participants remain sketchy ... Volledige review lezen
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NOTE TO THE 1989 EDITION | 11 |
FOREWORD | 35 |
THE POETS IN THE | 52 |
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