Surrealism, History and Revolution

by Simon Baker

This book is a new account of the surrealist movement in France between the two world wars. It 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. Focusing on both texts and images by key figures such as Louis Aragon, Georges Bataille, Jacques-Andr Boiffard, Andr...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3039110918
• ISBN13: 9783039110919
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis
• Length: 374 Pages