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A History of the Surrealist Novel PDF
395 Pages
2023
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EnglishPreview A History of the Surrealist Novel
A HISTORY OF THE SURREALIST NOVEL AHistoryofthe SurrealistNoveloffersarich,long,andelastichistori- ographyofthesurrealistnovel,takingintoconsiderationanabundance oftextspreviouslyleftoutofcriticalaccounts.Itstwentythematically organized chapters examine surrealist prose texts written in French, English,Spanish,German,Greek,andJapanese,fromtheemergence ofthesurrealistmovementinthesands,throughthepost- war and postmodern periods, and up to the contemporary moment. Thisapproach extendsreceivednarrativesregardingsurrealism’s geo- graphical locations and considers its transnational movement and modesofcirculation.Moreover,itchallengescriticalbiasesthathave defined surrealism in predominantly masculine terms, and which tie themovementtotheinterwarorearlypost-waryears.Thisbookwill appeal both to scholars and students of surrealism and its legacies, modernistliterature,andthehistoryofthenovel. isAssociateProfessorofEnglishatLinköpingUniversity, Sweden.SheistheauthorofAngelaCarterandSurrealism:‘AFeminist Libertarian Aesthetic’ (), editor of Surrealist Women’s Writing: A Critical Exploration (), and on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Surrealism and The International Society for theStudyofSurrealism(ISSS). Published online by Cambridge University Press Published online by Cambridge University Press A HISTORY OF THE SURREALIST NOVEL ANNA WATZ LinköpingUniversity,Sweden Published online by Cambridge University Press ShaftesburyRoad,Cambridge,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,thFloor,NewYork,NY,USA WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,VIC,Australia –,rdFloor,Plot,SplendorForum,JasolaDistrictCentre,NewDelhi–,India PenangRoad,#–/,VisioncrestCommercial,Singapore CambridgeUniversityPressispartofCambridgeUniversityPress&Assessment, adepartmentoftheUniversityofCambridge. WesharetheUniversity’smissiontocontributetosocietythroughthepursuitof education,learningandresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/ :./ ©CambridgeUniversityPress&Assessment Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisions ofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements,noreproductionofanypartmaytake placewithoutthewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress&Assessment. Firstpublished PrintedintheUnitedKingdombyTJBooksLimited,PadstowCornwall AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Names:Watz,Anna,editor. :Ahistoryofthesurrealistnovel/editedbyAnnaWatz. :Cambridge;NewYork,NY:CambridgeUniversityPress,.|Includes bibliographicalreferencesandindex. :(print)|(ebook)| (hardback)|(paperback)|(epub) ::Surrealism(Literature)|Fiction–thcentury–Historyandcriticism. :.S (print)|.S (ebook)| ./–dc/eng/ LCrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/ LCebookrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/ ----Hardback CambridgeUniversityPress&Assessmenthasnoresponsibilityforthepersistence oraccuracyofURLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhis publicationanddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwill remain,accurateorappropriate. Published online by Cambridge University Press In memory of Jacqueline Chénieux-Gendron Published online by Cambridge University Press Published online by Cambridge University Press Contents List of Figures page ix List of Contributors x Acknowledgements xvi Introduction Anna Watz . . Autobiography KatharineConley . Diverging Genealogies of the Surrealist Unconscious Jean-Michel Rabaté . Automatism, Autobiography, and Thanatography in the Surrealist Novel Abigail Susik . Urban Nature: The City in the Surrealist Novel EffieRentzou . Nostalgia and Childhood in the Surrealist Novel David Hopkins . Surrealist Collage Narrative Elza Adamowicz . . The Surrealist Novel and the Gothic Neil Matheson . Surrealism’s Anti-Bildungsroman Natalya Lusty vii Published online by Cambridge University Press viii Contents . The Mother Figure in the Surrealist Novel Anna Watz . British Surrealism at War JeannetteBaxter . Surrealist Narratives of Trauma Patricia Allmer . , , . Surrealism and the Science Fiction Novel Gavin Parkinson . Pataphysics Donna Roberts . Alchemical Narratives Victoria Ferentinou . Animals and Ecology in the Surrealist Novel Kristoffer Noheden . . Nature and Surrealism in the Latin American Novel of the Tropics María Clara Bernal . Surrealism, Existentialism, and Fictions of Blackness Jonathan P. Eburne . Social Critique in the Japanese Post-War Surrealist Novel Felicity Gee . The World of the Surrealist Novel Delia Ungureanu . Feminist-Surrealism in the Contemporary Novel Catriona McAra Afterword: Novels Eclipsed by the Sun of Poetry? Jacqueline Chénieux-Gendron Index Published online by Cambridge University Press Figures . Michel Leiris, Ma vie par moi-même, . Pencil drawing. © Jean Jamin pour les œuvres de Michel Leiris / Photo Archives Gallimard. page . Unica Zu¨rn, Ein Märchenbuch fu¨r Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern (A Fairytale Book for Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern), . Ubu Gallery, New York. © Brinkmann & Bose Berlin, Germany. . Unica Zu¨rn, Ein Märchenbuch fu¨r Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern (A Fairytale Book for Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern), . Ubu Gallery, New York. © Brinkmann & Bose Berlin, Germany. . René Magritte, Je ne vois pas la (femme) cachée dans la forêt, . © C. Herscovici / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, . Photo credit: Banque d’Images, ADAGP / Art Resource, New York. . Dorothea Tanning, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, . Oil on canvas. Tate Collection. © ADAGP, Paris, and DACS, London, . ix Published online by Cambridge University Press
