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Gascoyne's membership of the Surrealist movement and his association with its leading members - among them Andre Breton, Paul Eluard, Max Ernst and Salvador Dali - placed him in an ideal position to witness and record the development and significance of its foremost artists and writers. "A Short Survey of Surrealism" is not merely a history of the birth and growth of the movement but also a thorough analysis of the main ideas associated with it.
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'... Grant us extraordinary grace, O Spirit hidden in the dark in us and deep, And bring to light the dream out of our sleep.' from 'Kyrie' (Selected Poems) David Gascoyne's death in November 2001 was marked by the lead obituaries in all the British broadsheets as well as in Le Monde. As a poet and translator he had been internationally renowned since the 1930s. He was the first chronicler in English of the Surrealist movement, and an essayist and reviewer of dazzling range. His association with Enitharmon Press dates back to 1970 and in the past decade there have been eight publications which will be a lasting testament of his importance. ALSO BY DAVID GASCOYNE Selected Poems Selected Prose 1934-1996 Selected Verse Translations
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- PublisherEnitharmon Press
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 1900564963
- ISBN 13 9781900564960
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages128
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A Short Survey of Surrealism. Preface by Dawn Ades, Introduction by Michel Remy
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Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st thus. ~Terracotta cloth, gilt lettering to spine, surrealist print by Max Ernst onlaid to front cover (a detail from the cover of the original 1935 edition). Gilt lettering to spine. Green endpapers. With original pristine glassene dustwrapper. Limited edition: no. 41 of 50 copies. Signed by the author. A handsome reprint of this classic early work on surrealism, first published in 1935 when the author was 19. The following year, Gascoyne helped organise the 1936 London surrealist exhibition, the first major exhibition of surrealist art in the UK. During the exhibition, Savaldor Dali delivered a lecture while wearing a deep-sea diving suit and very nearly suffocated; Gascoyne was required to rescue him with a spanner. David Gascoyne (1916-2001), poet, translator, and surrealist. As new. ~Robust packaging. All UK orders trackable, others on request. Size: 128pp. Signed by Author. Binding tight, text unmarked. Seller Inventory # TT3488
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