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1	Abyss of Reason: Cultural Movements, Revelations, and Betrayals more books like this by Daniel Cottom add to wishlist This book is a study of modern spiritualism, which flourished in the third quarter of the nineteenth century, and of surrealism, in its heyday between the world wars. The pairing yields a range of provocative material for working through issues with which criticism in all sorts of fields today remains preoccupied. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Surrealism more books like this by Professor Jacqueline Chenieux-Gendron add to wishlist When first published in France in 1984, Le surrealisme was widely acclaimed as the definitive survey of the surrealist movement. Clearly and elegantly translated, Surrealism is now the premiere English-language study of the literary and artistic movement whose revolutionary goals and accomplishments continue to exert a profound influence on modern ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $42.83! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Rules of the Game: Scratches more books like this by Professor Michel Leiris, Lydia Davis (Translator) add to wishlist "Michel Leiris is the author of the most significant and arresting work of autobiography to have been written in the twentieth century."--John Sturrock "For me his work is not only a document that enriches our knowledge of man, but also a personal testament that touches me deeply."--Francis Bacon ' Scratches' is the first volume in Michel Leiris's ... see all copies from $3.40! new only from $4.98! \| first editions
4	The Rules of the Game: Scraps more books like this by Professor Michel Leiris, Lydia Davis (Translator) add to wishlist "I read with fervor the literary works of Michel Leiris and in particular the four volumes of 'Rules of the Game'...He is incontestably one of the greatest writers of the century."--Claude Livi-Strauss In this second volume of his acclaimed four-volume autobiography, 'Rules of the Game'--now available for the first time in English--Leiris comes ... see all copies from $2.73! new only from $3.98!
5	Rules of the Game: Scratches: A Self-Portrait more books like this by Professor Michel Leiris, Lydia Davis (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $3.95! new only from $17.00! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Automatic Woman: The Representation of Women in Surrealism more books like this by Katharine Conley add to wishlist Contemporary feminist critics have often described Surrealism as a misogynist movement. In "Automatic Woman", Katharine Conley addresses this issue, confirming some feminist allegations while qualifying and overturning others. Through insightful analyses of works by a range of writers and artists, Conley develops a complex view of Surrealist ... see all copies from $6.95! new only from $21.67! \| SVS
7	Treatise on Style more books like this by Louis Aragon, Ms. Alyson Waters (Translator) add to wishlist "This is a thoughtful translation of Aragon's "Traite du Style", which originally appeared in 1928 at the confluence of Aragon's surrealist and Communist beliefs...His diatribe involves wordplay and juxtapositions that are more surrealist than political, as subjective and opinionated as possible, and a great pleasure to read." - Library Journal ... see all copies from $9.96! new only from $14.95! \| first editions
8	This Fish is Loaded: The Book of Surreal and Bizarre Humor more books like this by Richard Glyn Jones add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.25! \| first editions
9	Marvelous Enounters: Surrealist Responses to Film, Art, Poetry, and Architecture more books like this by Willard Bohn add to wishlist The concept of poesie critique - poetry that possesses both a poetic and a critical function - has an extensive history in modern literature. Written in response to another work of art, be it a painting, a film, a poem, or a piece of music, the critical poem comments on the latter in various ways but refuses to abandon its poetic mission. ... see all copies from $25.00! new only from $40.01! \| first editions
10	Surrealism and the novel more books like this by J. H. Matthews add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
11	From cubism to surrealism in French literature more books like this by Georges Edouard Lemaitre add to wishlist A comprehensive survey and discussion of the main "modernistic" tendencies of contemporary art and literature. see all copies from $3.19! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12	Sufism and Surrealism more books like this by Adonis, Judith Cumberbatch (Translator) add to wishlist At first glance Sufism and Surrealism appear to be as far removed from one another as is possible. Adonis, however, draws convincing parallels between the two, contesting that God, in the traditional sense of the word, does not exist in Surrealism or in Sufism, and that both are engaged in parallel quests for the nature of the absolute, through ... see all copies from $14.68! new only from $14.68! \| SVS
13	Oui: The Paranoid-Critical Revolution: Writings 1927-1933 more books like this by Salvador Dali, Yvonne Shafir (Translator) add to wishlist The artist Dali's earliest writing, from the period in which he was most closely allied with the Surrealists, has never before been translated into English. This is both an entertaining and important work. Dali's well-known humor is in full evidence, but so is his serious attempt at forging a "paranoid-critical revolution". see all copies from $4.19! new only from $10.83! \| first editions \| SVS
14	A Metapoetics of the Passage: Architextures in Surrealism & After more books like this by Mary Ann Caws add to wishlist see all copies from $8.00! new only from $10.00! \| first editions
15	The Surrealist Movement in England, more books like this by Paul C Ray add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
16	J.G. Ballard's Surrealist Imagination: Spectacular Authorship more books like this by Jeannette Baxter add to wishlist Making the case that J. G. Ballard's fictional and non-fictional writings must be read within the framework of Surrealism, Jeannette Baxter argues for a radical revisioning of Ballard that takes account of the political and ethical dimensions of his work. Ballard's appropriation of diverse Surrealist aesthetic forms and political writings, Baxter ... see all copies from $74.99! new only from $99.94!
17 view cover	Surrealism and the Art of Crime more books like this by Jonathan P Eburne add to wishlist see all copies from $20.00! new only from $27.25! \| first editions \| SVS
18	Apollinarie and the Faceless Man: The Creation and Evolution of a Modern Motie more books like this by Willard Bohn add to wishlist This book examines the creation of a startling motif at the beginning of the twentieth century--that of the faceless man--and traces its evolution over the next few years. The faceless man evolved in different directions. His strategic location ensured that he would be adopted by numerous schools and shaped according to their particular needs. see all copies from $7.65! new only from $20.00! \| first editions
19 view cover	Andrei Codrescu and the Myth of America more books like this by Kirby Olson, Andrei Codrescu (Foreword by) add to wishlist Known to the general public as a radio commentator on National Public Radio, Romanian-born essayist and poet Andrei Codrescu has developed a variety of voices throughout his career: Transylvanian humorist on NPR, surrealist poet in his many volumes of poetry, and academic essayist in his philosophical writings. Taking seemingly everyday events in ... see all copies from $19.85! new only from $54.92!
20 view cover	El Surrealismo En La Novela Hispanoamericana more books like this by Zo Corretjer Llorns add to wishlist El surrealismo en la novela hispanoamericana: Luis Rafael Snchez y La Guaracha del Macho Camacho, presenta los rasgos caractersticos del movimiento surrealista dentro de un contexto latinoamericano y europeo como fundamento de la narrativa hispanoamericana actual. A partir de una exhaustiva muestra, la autora recoge ejemplos del novelar ... see all copies from $14.70! new only from $14.70! \| SVS
21	The Poetry of Surrealism: An Anthology more books like this by Michael Benedikt add to wishlist see all copies from $14.71! first editions
22	Surrealist Poetry in France more books like this by J H Mattews, J H Matthews add to wishlist see all copies from $2.35! first editions
23	English and American Surrealist Poetry more books like this by Edward B Germain add to wishlist see all copies from $2.29!
24 view cover	Surrealism in Greece: An Anthology more books like this by Nikos Stabakis (Translator) add to wishlist In the decades between the two World Wars, Greek writers and artists adopted surrealism both as an avant-garde means of overturning the stifling traditions of their classical heritage and also as a way of responding to the extremely unstable political situation in their country. Despite producing much first-rate work throughout the rest of the ... see all copies from $59.95! new only from $71.43! \| SVS
25 view cover	Encyclopaedia Acephalica more books like this by Georges Bataille (Editor), Iain White (Translator), Isabelle Waldberg add to wishlist "Encyclopædia Acephalica" assembles work and source photographs from "Critical Dictionary," "Documents," and "Da Costa Encyclopédique," written by a group of writers loosely associate with George Bataille, some of whom were members of his Acéphale group, and others who belonged to surrealist groups in Paris and New York. The "Critical Dictionary" ... see all copies from $26.94! new only from $26.94!

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