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Author:   Neil Matheson
Publisher:   Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Imprint:   Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Edition:   New edition
ISBN:  

9780853319498

ISBN 10:   0853319499
Pages:   872
Publication Date:   28 October 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
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Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction: Crossing the bridge: In pursuit of the marvellous; A note on the texts; Chronology; Selected bibliographies; Acknowledgments; Precursors; Contemporary influences: The culture of modernity; Enter the mediums: Dada and Le Mouvement flou, 1914-23; The revolution in everyday life: Early Surrealism, 1924-29; The Surrealist International: In the service of the revolution, 1930-39; Sects and oppositions: The old enemy within; L'idee fixe: Surrealism in Belgium; Suburban nights: Surrealism in Britain; The World at war: European emigres and Surrealism in America, 1939-45; The forgotten policeman in the trunk: Surrealism and cinema; Post-war Surrealism; Index of writers, documents, artists and illustrations included; Thematic index.

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'Altogether, in both detail and scope, it has the feel of something satisfyingly comprehensive. Matheson's introduction alone, at over 70 pages, is almost book-length. With all these elements in place The Sources of Surrealism looks certain to remain an essential reference work on the group for many years to come'. Arlis 'This commanding collection of documents of the Surrealist movement supplies a rich reservoir of material ... There are few libraries that could reproduce the broad reach of this anthology from their own primary or secondary resources ... Such a wide ranging collection offers an interesting opportunity to consider the comparative longevity of the work of Surrealist writers and artists'. The Art Book August 2007

Author Information

Dr Neil Matheson is Senior Lecturer in Theory and Criticism of Photography at the University of Westminster. He is an art historian specialising in Surrealism and has written on English Surrealism in the journal History of Photography (2005), and on contemporary German photography in the collection The State of the Real (2005).

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