Leonora Carrington and the international avant-garde

by Eburne, Jonathan; McAra, Catriona

• ISBN13: 9781784994365
• ISBN10: 1784994367
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2017-02-19
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
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Author Biography

Jonathan P. Eburne is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and English at the Pennsylvania State University

Catriona McAra is Curatorial and Exhibitions Manager at Leeds College of Art

Table of Contents

Introduction: Leonora Carrington and the international avant-garde - Jonathan P. Eburne and Catriona McAra
1.An A-Z of Leonora Carrington memories, mostly in quotes, gathered over years of visits to her home - Chloe Aridjis
2. "An allergy to collaboration": the early formation of Leonora Carrington's artistic vision - Susan L. Aberth
3. "Genealogical gestation": Leonora Carrington between modernism and art history - Ara H. Merjian
4. Experience and knowledge in Down Below - Natalya Lusty
5. Dissecting The Holy Oily Body: Remedios Varo, Leonora Carrington and El Santo Cuerpo Grasoso - Tara Plunkett
6. "A language buried at the back of time": The Stone Door and poststructuralist feminism - Anna Watz
7. Losing one's head in the "Children's Corner": Carrington's contributions to S.NOB in 1962 - Abigail Susik
8. Shadow children: Leonora as storyteller - Gabriel Weisz
9. Poetic wisdom: Leonora Carrington and the esoteric avant-garde - Jonathan P. Eburne.
10. Carrington's sensorium - Janet Lyon
11. A nonagenarian virago: quoting "Carrington" in contemporary practice - Catriona McAra
12. Leonora Carrington: transgressing discipline - Chloe Aridjis, Francesco Manacorda and Lauren Barnes
Index