Paperback
Publication Date: 05/01/2008
This book is a new account of the surrealist movement in France between the two world wars. It examines the uses that surrealist artists and writers made of ideas and images associated with the French Revolution, describing a complex relationship between surrealism's avant-garde revolt and its powerful sense of history and heritage. Focusing on both texts and images by key figures such as Louis Aragon, Georges Bataille, Jacques-Andre Boiffard, Andre Breton, Robert Desnos, Max Ernst, Max Morise, and Man Ray, this book situates surrealist material in the wider context of the literary and visual arts of the period through the theme of revolution. It raises important questions about the politics of representing French history, literary and political memorial spaces, monumental representations of the past and critical responses to them, imaginary portraiture and revolutionary spectatorship. The study shows that a full understanding of surrealism requires a detailed account of its attitude to revolution, and that understanding this surrealist concept of revolution means accounting for the complex historical imagination at its heart.
- ISBN:
- 9783039110919
- 9783039110919
- Category:
- History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 05-01-2008
- Publisher:
- Verlag Peter Lang
- Country of origin:
- Switzerland
- Pages:
- 374
- Dimensions (mm):
- 220x150mm
- Weight:
- 0.53kg
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History of art / art & design styles
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Literature: history & criticism
Literary studies: from c 1900 -
History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900
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Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
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