Surrealism: The Road To The Absolute
by Anna Elizabeth Balakian /
1970 / English / PDF
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First published in 1959,
First published in 1959,Surrealism
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.
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.
This volume includes photographs of the poets and reproductions
of paintings by Ernst, Dali, Tanguy, and others.
