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Robert Desnos

Surrealism in the Twenty-First Century

by Marie-Claire Barnet (Volume editor) Eric Robertson (Volume editor) Nigel Saint (Volume editor)
©2006 Conference proceedings 396 Pages
Series: Modern French Identities, Volume 58

Summary

« Ce n’est pas la poésie qui doit être libre, c’est le poète. » A legendary figure within the Surrealist movement, Robert Desnos (1900-1945) has left a unique legacy as a poet of distinction, as a ‘dormeur éveillé’ revered by his fellow Surrealists, and as a free spirit par excellence. In celebrating Desnos’s unique creative voice, this book re-evaluates his prominence within and beyond the Surrealist movement, reappraises his status as a poet, and sheds new light on his contribution to the literary and cultural life of his age. The essays in the volume reflect the ongoing vitality and relevance of Desnos’s poetry and the originality of his contribution to the various other forms of expression in which he excelled: journalism, short stories, script-writing and song-writing. Desnos’s extensive writings on art and artists, his active involvement in avant-garde film and his close associations with a number of renowned painters are also addressed. This fresh look at Desnos’s activities and contexts includes an interview with the artist Georges Malkine’s daughter, Fern Malkine-Falvey, and a study of the memoirs of Desnos’s wife, Youki. The volume closes with a rare collection of journalistic writings by Desnos which appeared in Le Soir in the late 1920s and have never appeared in print since their original publication.

Details

Pages
396
Year
2006
ISBN (PDF)
9783035302554
ISBN (Softcover)
9783039110193
DOI
10.3726/978-3-0353-0255-4
Language
English
Publication date
2012 (March)
Keywords
Desnos, Robert Lyrik Surrealismus Surrealism Poetry Desnos Dormeur eveille Journalism
Published
Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien, 2006. 396 pp., 12 fig.

Biographical notes

Marie-Claire Barnet (Volume editor) Eric Robertson (Volume editor) Nigel Saint (Volume editor)

The Editors: Marie-Claire Barnet is Senior Lecturer in French at Durham University. Eric Robertson is Professor of Modern French Literary and Visual Culture at Royal Holloway, University of London. Nigel Saint is Lecturer in French at the University of Leeds.

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