| Surrealism, History and Revolution Contributor(s): Baker, Simon (Author) |
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ISBN: 3039110918 ISBN-13: 9783039110919 Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis OUR PRICE: $128.82 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - Modern (late 19th Century To 1945) - Literary Criticism | European - French - History | Europe - France |
| Dewey: 709.04 |
| LCCN: 2008399108 |
| Physical Information: 374 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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-Andr Boiffard, Andr 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. |