Surrealism: The Road to the Absolute

by Anna Balakian

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First published in 1959, Surrealism remains the most readable introduction to the French surrealist poets Apollinaire, Breton, Aragon, Eluard, and Reverdy. Providing a much-needed overview of the movement, Balakian places the surrealists in the context of early twentieth-century Paris and describes their reactions to symbolist poetry, World War I, and developments in science and industry, psychology, philosophy, and painting. Her coherent history...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0226035603

ISBN13:9780226035604

Release Date:January 1987

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:270 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.5" x 8.0"

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Arts, Music & Photography Criticism & Theory European French History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature & Fiction Movements & Periods Photography

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