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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... the more or less partial phrases that , in utter solitude , as sleep ap- proached , became perceptible to the mind without its being possible to discover in them ( without a rather elaborate analy- sis ) a previous determination .
Aragon's bouquet was even more select , if possible : “ Have you ever slapped a dead man ? ” he asked : In France , they say , everything ends with a song . Then let this man who has just expired amid general beatitude go up in smoke ...
10 " Desnos has played a necessary , unforgettable role in Surrealism , and now would doubtless be the worst possible time to contest it . . . ” On this occasion , elaborating further than ever before the 162 THE HISTORY OF SURREALISM.
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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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