History of the Surrealist Movement (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
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- Author: Gérard Durozoi
- First Published: 1997
- Type of Work: Fine arts, history, literary history, and literary theory
- Time of Work: 1919-1969
- Setting: France, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland, the United States, and the former Soviet Union
- Principal Characters: Louis Aragon, Antonin Artaud, André Breton, Paul Éluard, Philippe Soupault, Tristan Tzara
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction, History, Arts
- Subjects: 1950’s, Freedom, 1960’s, Communism or communists, Politics, France or French people, Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Literature, Art or artists, 1940’s, Dreams, 1910’s, 1920’s, 1930’s, Reality, Publishing or publishers, Ethics, Painting or painters, Popular culture, Aesthetics
- Locales: Earth
Surrealism is unarguably one of the most influential and innovative artistic and literary movements of the twentieth century. History of the Surrealist Movement provides an in-depth and lavishly illustrated chronological account of its birth, evolution, and decline during a fifty-year period, from 1919 to 1969, through detailed documentation and discussion of its principal figures and events. Gérard Durozoi, a French philosopher, has written extensively on twentieth century French art and philosophy, including the work of André Breton, and is eminently qualified to guide the...
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