Mad Muses and the Early Surrealists

Mad Muses and the Early Surrealists

by Vicari, Justin

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The early surrealists attempted to create art directly from the unconscious, but the resulting art often reveals the stamp of its age. It is generally accepted that a certain macho sensibility prevailed within the movement, excluding queer sensibilities and reducing women to object status. In startling new readings of Breton, Bataille, Cocteau, Artaud, Crevel and others, Justin Vicari examines the intersections between surrealism and mental illness, deploying an interdisciplinary approach, whic…

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  • Full title :Mad Muses and the Early Surrealists.

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The early surrealists attempted to create art directly from the unconscious, but the resulting art often reveals the stamp of its age. It is generally accepted that a certain macho sensibility prevailed within the movement, excluding queer sensibilities and reducing women to object status. In startling new readings of Breton, Bataille, Cocteau, Artaud, Crevel and others, Justin Vicari examines the intersections between surrealism and mental illness, deploying an interdisciplinary approach, which includes aesthetic theory, radical politics, and psychoanalysis. Of particular interest is the repr.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2011.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (233 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780786488827, 0786488824, 1283333775, 9781283333771
  • oclc:ocn763157700
  • LC Classification:PQ307.S95 .V538 2011
  • Dewey Decimal:840.91163

Table of Contents

Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. Love Me, Love My Unconscious; 2. In Search of "Real Life"; 3. Loving Nadja; 4. Georges Bataille and the Incest Wish; 5. Michel Leiris and the Cult of Judith; 6. And the Dancing Girl Goes on Dancing; 7. Masking the Medusa; 8. Cocteau in Rehab; 9. Artaud on Film; 10. The Body of René Crevel; Conclusion; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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Subjects

Criticism, interpretation, etc Femmes dans la littérature France French literature French literature -- History and critic… LITERARY CRITICISM -- European Littérature française -- Histoire et cr… Maladies mentales dans la littérature Mental illness in literature Surrealism (Literature) Surrealism (Literature) -- France Surréalisme (Littérature) -- France Women in literature

Writers

Vicari, Justin

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