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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Whether they have been used well or badly is another matter . There are always , of course , disadvantages in talking about living men , in passing judgments on them , in expressing prefer- ences which cannot help being personal .
But it shouldn't matter to you anyway . Continue as long as you like . ... 13 Aragon put matters quite clearly a few years later : " Surrealism is in- spiration recognized , accepted and practiced . No longer as an inexplicable ...
What matters is that the surrealists said they no longer wanted to consider the revolution except " in its economic and social form , " and even employed strict Leninist formulas to define it.10 This unequivocal declaration left the ...
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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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