Vivienne Brough-Evans proposes a compelling new way of reevaluating aspects of international Surrealism by means of the category of divin fou, and consequently deploys theories of sacred ecstasy as developed by the College de Sociologie (1937-39) as a critical tool in shedding new light on the literary oeuvre of non-French writers who worked both within and against a Surrealist framework. The minor Surrealist genre of prose literature is considered herein, rather than Surrealism's mainstay, poetry, with the intention of fracturing preconceptions regarding the medium of Surrealist expression....
Vivienne Brough-Evans proposes a compelling new way of reevaluating aspects of international Surrealism by means of the category of divin fou, and con...
Consuming Surrealism in American Culture: Dissident Modernism argues that Surrealism worked as a powerful agitator to disrupt dominant ideas of modern art in the United States. Unlike standard accounts that focus on Surrealism in the U.S. during the 1940s as a point of departure for the ascendance of the New York School, this study contends that Surrealism has been integral to the development of American visual culture over the course of the twentieth century. Through analysis of Surrealism in both the museum and the marketplace, Sandra Zalman tackles Surrealism's multi-faceted circulation as...
Consuming Surrealism in American Culture: Dissident Modernism argues that Surrealism worked as a powerful agitator to disrupt dominant ideas of modern...
