Surrealism

by Caws, Mary Ann; Eburne, Jonathan; Hyland, Angus

• ISBN13: 9780714842592
• ISBN10: 0714842591
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-12-01
• Publisher: Phaidon Press

Summary

Surrealism is the first in an expanded range of Themes and Movements titles which look beyond the post-1945 period to survey all of the twentieth century's major art movements. Mary Ann Caws is an internationally respected scholar of Surrealism who has translated many of its major texts and published extensively on the Surrealists' art and writings. Aside from academic studies and museum catalogues this is the first comprehensive, art book format survey on Surrealism to be published for a number of years. It also provides an overview of the essential links between the Surrealists' famous artworks and their equally renowned writings. Mary Ann Caws is uniquely qualified to do this.

Author Biography

Mary Ann Caws is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature, English and French, at the Graduate Center, City University of New York.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 10
Survey	p. 11
Works	p. 48
Chance and freedom	p. 49
Poetics of vision	p. 70
Elusive objects	p. 94
Desire	p. 118
Delirium	p. 144
Infinite terrains	p. 166
Documents	p. 190
Chance and freedom	p. 193
Poetics of vision	p. 221
Elusive objects	p. 232
Desire	p. 237
Delirium	p. 251
Infinite terrains	p. 277
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