Surrealist Poetry in France
Author : J. H. Matthews
Publisher :
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 26,57 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Art
ISBN :
Author : J. H. Matthews
Publisher :
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 26,57 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Art
ISBN :
Author : Willard Bohn
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 50,30 MB
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1441153144
Surrealist Poetry presents new English translations of nearly 150 poems alongside their original French and Spanish versions. Founded by André Breton in 1924, Surrealism sought to examine the unconscious realm by means of the written or spoken word. Seeking to expand the ability of language to evoke irrational states and improbable events, it consistently strove to transcend the linguistic status quo. By stretching language to its limits and beyond, the Surrealists transformed it into an instrument for exploring the human psyche. The twenty-three poets in this collection come not only from France, where Surrealism was invented, but also from Spain, Belgium, Martinique, Mauritius, Catalonia, Mexico, Chile, and Peru. Three of them were awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature (Vicente Aleixandre, Pablo Neruda, and Octavio Paz). Equipped with a critical introduction and a brief bibliography, this anthology will appeal to anyone interested in modern literature.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 32,56 MB
Release : 1953
Category : California
ISBN :
Author : Robert Desnos
Publisher : ARC Publications
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 50,3 MB
Release : 2017
Category : French poetry
ISBN : 9781906570958
Author : Willard Bohn
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 26,65 MB
Release : 2022-11-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1501393766
Given that the Surrealists were initially met with widespread incomprehension, mercilessly ridiculed, and treated as madmen, it is remarkable that more than one hundred years on we still feel the vitality and continued popularity of the movement today. As Willard Bohn demonstrates, Surrealism was not just a French phenomenon but one that eventually encompassed much of the world. Concentrating on the movement's theory and practice, this extraordinarily broad-ranging book documents the spread of Surrealism throughout the western hemisphere and examines keys texts, critical responses, and significant writers. The latter include three extraordinarily talented individuals who were eventually awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature (Andre Breton, Pablo Neruda, and Octavio Paz). Like their Surrealist colleagues, they strove to free human beings from their unconscious chains so that they could realize their true potential. One Hundred Years of Surrealist Poetry explores not only the birth but also the ongoing life of a major literary movement.
Author : Edward B. Germain
Publisher :
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 21,70 MB
Release : 1993
Category : American poetry
ISBN :
Author : Edward B. Germain
Publisher : Penguin Classics
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 22,82 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Art
ISBN :
Author : Salem Press
Publisher : Salem Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,60 MB
Release : 2011-09
Category : Poetry, Modern
ISBN : 9781429836548
Surrealist Poets is a single-volume reference that contains selected essays from Critical Survey of Poetry, Fourth Edition. The essays in Surrealist Poets discuss such influential poets as Louis Aragon, Robert Bly, Jean Cocteau, Pablo Neruda, and Guillaume Apollinaire.
Author : Willard Bohn
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 23,76 MB
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1441199772
Surrealist Poetry presents new English translations of nearly 150 poems alongside their original French and Spanish versions. Founded by André Breton in 1924, Surrealism sought to examine the unconscious realm by means of the written or spoken word. Seeking to expand the ability of language to evoke irrational states and improbable events, it consistently strove to transcend the linguistic status quo. By stretching language to its limits and beyond, the Surrealists transformed it into an instrument for exploring the human psyche. The twenty-three poets in this collection come not only from France, where Surrealism was invented, but also from Spain, Belgium, Martinique, Mauritius, Catalonia, Mexico, Chile, and Peru. Three of them were awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature (Vicente Aleixandre, Pablo Neruda, and Octavio Paz). Equipped with a critical introduction and a brief bibliography, this anthology will appeal to anyone interested in modern literature.
Author : Anna Balakian
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 38,25 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780226035604
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 of the movement is enhanced by her firsthand knowledge of the intellectual climate in which some of these poets worked and her interviews with Reverdy and Breton. In a new introduction, Balakian discusses the influence of surrealism on contemporary poetry. This volume includes photographs of the poets and reproductions of paintings by Ernst, Dali, Tanguy, and others.