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sur·re·al·ism
/ səˈrēəˌlizəm/
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n.
a 20th-century avant-garde movement in art and literature that sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, for example by the irrational juxtaposition of images.
DERIVATIVES:
sur·re·al·ist
n. & adj.
sur·re·al·is·tic
/ səˌrēəˈlistik/ adj.
sur·re·al·is·ti·cal·ly
/ səˌrēəˈlistik(ə)lē/ adv.
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Abusing surrealism: Pynchon's v. and Breton's Nadja.(Thomas Pynchon, Andre Breton)(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Pynchon Notes; 3/22/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...own writing: that of the Beats, and Surrealism. While he says the effect of the Beat...contrast, he says he has "abuse[d]" Surrealism even more extensively than other influences...remark suggests that the influence of Surrealism continued to grow rather than wane as...
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The Unsilvered Screen: Surrealism on Film
Magazine article from: Film International; 9/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; The Unsilvered Screen: Surrealism on Film, Graeme Harper and Rob...Gold by Robert Short (2003) and Surrealism and Cinema by Robert Richardson...available, The Unsilvered Screen: Surrealism on Film, edited by Graeme Harper...
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BUILDING A LIBRARY: Surrealism
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 12/28/2003; ; 700+ words
; I f Surrealism enjoyed one great triumph, it was in...doesn't just mean "a bit odd"). Surrealism, the (sur)real kind, was a revolution...for a general introduction. Books on Surrealism drift in and out of print with irritating...
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Surrealism and Cinema.(The Unsilvered Screen: Surrealism on Film)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Cineaste; 6/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; Surrealism and Cinema by Michael Richardson. London...24.95. The Unsilvered Screen: Surrealism on Film edited by Graeme Harper and...ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] "The real purpose of Surrealism was not to create a new literary, artistic...
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Surrealism and the Politics of Eros, 1938-1968.(Book review)
Magazine article from: French Forum; 9/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; Alyce Mahon. Surrealism and the Politics of Eros, 1938...surrealist movement wonderfully affirms surrealism's vitality up through the student...persuasively refutes the common notion that surrealism ended with World War II by showing...
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Surrealism's dark and sexy `Body Politic'
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 12/27/1995; ; 700+ words
; Was Surrealism misogynist and patriarchal, or subversive...for yourself at "The Body Politic: Surrealism on Both Sides of the Atlantic, 1924...for the current resurgent interest in Surrealism is its focus on sexuality, especially...
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Surrealism in Exile and the beginning of the New York School.
Magazine article from: Art in America; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...abject" work like Hirst's demonstrates Surrealism's continuing relevance today, the...survey the relationship between European Surrealism and the American avant-garde of the...uncritically accept the notion that Surrealism was politically revolutionary, their...
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A Boatload of Madmen: Surrealism and the American Avant-Garde, 1920-1950.
Magazine article from: Art in America; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...abject" work like Hirst's demonstrates Surrealism's continuing relevance today, the...survey the relationship between European Surrealism and the American avant-garde of the...uncritically accept the notion that Surrealism was politically revolutionary, their...
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EXHIBITIONS: Rare commodities.(Surrealism exhibition at London's Victoria & Albert Museum)
Magazine article from: Design Week; 3/8/2007; 700+ words
; The influence of Surrealism continues to outlive that of other...elements that are still in play, Surrealism, the other primary creative trend...purchase they once had as a result of Surrealism's synthesis of Karl Marx and Sigmund...
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Fault Lines: Cultural Memory and Japanese Surrealism. (Book Reviews).
Magazine article from: Asian Theatre Journal; 9/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...LINES: CULTURAL MEMORY AND JAPANESE SURREALISM. By Miryam Sas. Stanford, CA: Stanford...95 The subconscious character of surrealism makes explanations and critiques problematic. Japanese surrealism and its interactions with the French...
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Surrealism and Psychoanalysis
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
SURREALISM AND PSYCHOANALYSIS Begun as an investigation...their nature, and specific features, surrealism is a movement of ideas, of artistic...the group its international flavor. Surrealism's goal was to "change life" (Arthur...
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Surrealism
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
Surrealism. Movement in art and literature flourishing in the 1920s...or shocking, but whereas Dada was essentially nihilist, Surrealism was positive in spirit. Surrealism originated in France. Its founder and chief spokesman was...
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surrealism
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
surrealism , literary and art movement influenced...the Dada movement. In literature, surrealism was confined almost exclusively to France...transformations of the real world. "Absolute" surrealism depends upon images derived from psychic...
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André Breton
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...1924 he had organized a group dedicated to surrealism and had issued his Manifeste du surr é...manifestos, which explained the principles of surrealism. From the beginning, surrealism was conceived of as a movement transcending...
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Breton, André
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
...that were to become so important to Surrealism. This was followed in 1924 by Breton...mainly with the literary aspects of Surrealism, but Breton was deeply interested in...1928 (partly translated in What is Surrealism? , 1936, and fully translated as Surrealism...
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