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Surrealism, history and revolution
- Title
- Surrealism, history and revolution / Simon Baker.
- Author
- Baker, Simon, 1972-
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York : P. Lang, ©2007.
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- Description
- 372 pages : illustrations (some color); 23 pages cm
- Summary
- An account of the surrealist movement in France between the two world wars. The book 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.
- Subject
- 1789-1999
- Surrealism > France > History
- Art, French > 20th century
- Surrealism (Literature) > France > History
- French literature > 20th century > History and criticism
- Art, French
- French literature
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Surrealism
- Surrealism (Literature)
- France > History > Influence. > Revolution, 1789-1799
- France
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Note
- Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D. -- University of London, 2002) presented under the title: Surrealism and the French Revolution.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-366) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Surrealism, history and revolution Surrealism and history La Rdvolution surrýaliste: the surrealist revolution Tales from the crypt: a surrealist pantheon Statuephobia! Surrealism and iconoclasm in the Bronze Age -- The unacceptable face of the French Revolution -- Surrealism in the streets -- Appendix.
- Call Number
- JME 22-16
- ISBN
- 9783039110919
- 3039110918
- LCCN
- 2008399108
- OCLC
- 233175795
- Author
- Baker, Simon, 1972-
- Title
- Surrealism, history and revolution / Simon Baker.
- Imprint
- Oxford ; New York : P. Lang, ©2007.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-366) and index.
- Connect to:
- Chronological Term
- 1789-1999
- Research Call Number
- JME 22-16