Surrealist Art and Thought in the 1930s
Art, Politics, and the Psyche
- Author: Steven Harris, University of Alberta
- Date Published: February 2004
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521823876
Hardback
Looking for an inspection copy?
This title is not currently available on inspection
-
Surrealist Art and Thought in the 1930s examines the intersection of Hegelian aesthetics, experimental art and poetry, Marxism and psychoanalysis in the theory and practice of the Surrealist movement. Locating Surrealist art and thought between modernist art and revolutionary politics, Steven Harris investigates the consequences of the Surrealists' efforts to synthesize these diverse concerns, through the invention, in 1931, of the object and in the recasting of their activities as a mode of revolutionary science. Providing a context for the cultural and political debates in France and the Soviet Union during the 1930s, he also analyzes the debate on proletarian literature, the Surrealists' reaction to the Popular Front, and their eventual defense of an experimental modern art following their break with the French Communist Party in 1935.
Read more- Interdisciplinary approach investigating the intersection of Hegelian aesthetics, psychoanalysis, experimental art and poetry and Marxism
- Rethinking of Surrealist thought and activity in relation to the modernism and politics of the 1930s
- Offers first extended analysis of many objects and activities, contributing to the knowledge of Surrealism
Reviews & endorsements
'Harris's study achieves a bold synthesis of the debating cultural, political, and theoretical positions occupied by the surrealists and their fellow leftist intellectuals in 1930s Paris, and articulates an important new direction for the study of surrealism.' Modernism/Modernity
See more reviews'… a detailed and dependable account of the concepts, contradictions and attempted resolutions of this moment of intense cultural debate through a coherent narrative and with a clarity of language that will render it a valuable guide to students and stimulating companion to the specialist.' The Art Book
'… an impressive first book with potential longevity.' Art History
Customer reviews
Not yet reviewed
Be the first to review
Review was not posted due to profanity
×Product details
- Date Published: February 2004
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521823876
- length: 342 pages
- dimensions: 244 x 170 x 21 mm
- weight: 0.88kg
- contains: 35 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. L'Au-delà de la peinture
2. L'en deçà de la politique
3. A delay in glass
4. Avant-Garde and Front Populaire
5. Beware of domestic objects: vocation and equivocation in 1936.
Related Books
Sorry, this resource is locked
Please register or sign in to request access. If you are having problems accessing these resources please email lecturers@cambridge.org
Register Sign in» Proceed
You are now leaving the Cambridge University Press website. Your eBook purchase and download will be completed by our partner www.ebooks.com. Please see the permission section of the www.ebooks.com catalogue page for details of the print & copy limits on our eBooks.
Continue ×Are you sure you want to delete your account?
This cannot be undone.
Thank you for your feedback which will help us improve our service.
If you requested a response, we will make sure to get back to you shortly.
×