1st Edition

A Short Survey of Surrealism

By David Gascoyne Copyright 2004
180 Pages
by Routledge

180 Pages
by Routledge

Gascoyne's membership of the Surrealist movement and his association with its leading members - among them Andre Breton, Paul Eluard, Max Ernst and Salvador Dali - placed him in an ideal position to witness and record the development and significance of its foremost artists and writers. A Short Survey of Surrealism is not merely a history of the birth and growth of the movement but also a thorough... Read more
1. Ancestors of Surrealism  2. The Dadaist Attitude  3. The Period of Sleeping Fits  4. The First Manifesto 1924  5. The Second Manifesto 1929  6. Surrealism To-day and To-morrow

Biography

David Gascoyne