1st Edition
The Situationist International in Britain Modernism, Surrealism, and the Avant-Garde
By Sam Cooper
Copyright 2017
196 Pages
by
Routledge
196 Pages
by
Routledge
196 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book tells, for the first time, the story of the Situationist International’s influence and afterlives in Britain, where its radical ideas have been rapturously welcomed and fiercely resisted. The Situationist International presented itself as the culmination of the twentieth century avant-garde tradition — as the true successor of Dada and Surrealism. Its grand ambition was not unfounded.... Read more
CONTENTS
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One: Surrealism in England, or English Surrealism
Chapter Two: Alexander Trocchi and the Dissolution of the Avant-Garde
Chapter Three: The English Section of the Situationist International
Chapter Four: Long Live King Mob
Chapter Five: British Situationism Today
Index
Biography
Sam Cooper is a Teaching Fellow in 20th Century English Literature in the School of English at the University of Sussex, UK.
