| Surrealist Art and Thought in the 1930s: Art, Politics, and the Psyche Contributor(s): Harris, Steven (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521823870 ISBN-13: 9780521823876 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2004 Annotation: This volume examines the intersection of Hegelian aesthetics, experimental art and poetry, Marxism and psychoanalysis in the development of the theory and practice of the Surrealist movement. Steven Harris analyzes the consequences of the Surrealists' efforts to synthesize their diverse concerns through the invention, in 1931, of the "object" and the redefining of their activities as a type of revolutionary science. He also analyzes the debate on proletarian literature, the Surrealists' reaction to the Popular Front, and their eventual defense of an experimental modern art. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Art |
| Dewey: 709.040 |
| LCCN: 2003053073 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 7" W x 9.8" (1.95 lbs) 342 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This volume examines the intersection of Hegelian aesthetics, experimental art and poetry, Marxism and psychoanalysis in the development of the theory and practice of the Surrealist movement. Steven Harris analyzes the consequences of the Surrealists' efforts to synthesize their diverse concerns through the invention, in 1931, of the object and the redefining of their activities as a type of revolutionary science. He also analyzes the debate on proletarian literature, the Surrealists' reaction to the Popular Front, and their eventual defense of an experimental modern art. |
