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Book SynopsisIn Making History, Kirsten Strom investigates the Surrealists' radical critique of history and historical authorship.
Trade ReviewThis slim, elegant and touching volume opens up the question of the political intentions of surrealism?Strom's erudition has resulted in a masterful short book that could work wonders as an introduction to surrealism, as a debut of modernist art history and as a political primer for those many youth with hair dyed green who would like to oppose the dead hand of today's dogmatic academic leftism. -- Kirby Olson, SUNY- Delhi * Literary Research *
This slim, elegant and touching volume opens up the question of the political intentions of surrealism…Strom's erudition has resulted in a masterful short book that could work wonders as an introduction to surrealism, as a debut of modernist art history and as a political primer for those many youth with hair dyed green who would like to oppose the dead hand of today's dogmatic academic leftism. -- Kirby Olson, SUNY- Delhi * Literary Research *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 List of Figures Chapter 2 Acknowledgements Chapter 3 Two Pictures Chapter 4 The War and After: A Contextual Analysis Chapter 5 Inventing a Political Culture Chapter 6 The Surrealist Critique of History Chapter 7 Imaging a Political Culture Chapter 8 Conclusions Chapter 9 Notes Chapter 10 Bibliography Chapter 11 Index
